Ice Spring
Ice Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,388 m. Black Butte stands 2,252 m to the west, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Frolic Spring, a spring 1.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1388 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ford Hill: 3.8 mi
- Black Butte: 4.2 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Valley View Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Goat Hill: 7.3 mi
- Frolic Spring: 1.6 mi
- Log Spring: 6.4 mi
- Valley View Spring: 6.7 mi
- Commissary Spring: 7.2 mi
- Hummingbird Spring: 7.2 mi
- Burris Creek Recreation Area: 21.1 mi
- Grizzly Flat Recreation Area: 22.3 mi
- Buckhorn Recreation Area: 23.3 mi
- Eagle Pass Recreation Area: 24.4 mi
- Hidden Oaks Park: 24.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Firefighter Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Indian Dick Forest Service Station: 24.0 mi
- California Historical Landmark #674 Round Valley: 24.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 15.3 mi
- Stony Point: 17.1 mi
- Inspiration Point: 24.4 mi
- Plaskett Meadows Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Pine Point Day Use Area: 21.7 mi
- Lopes Cabin: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Ice Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Butte | W 270° | 2,252 m | 4.2 mi |
| Anthony Peak | NW 312° | 2,115 m | 12.3 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SW 216° | 2,053 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SW 233° | 2,052 m | 12.1 mi |
| Buck Rock | NNW 327° | 2,026 m | 15.0 mi |
| Uhl Peak | NW 318° | 2,020 m | 12.6 mi |
| Ball Mountain | N 2° | 1,993 m | 14.1 mi |
| Monkey Rock | SW 216° | 1,930 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:08 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 51 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stony Gorge Rsvr, 17 mi away.
- woodland pinedrops5 obs
- Bunchleaf Penstemon3 obs
- diamond clarkia2 obs
- cardinal catchfly2 obs
- sugar pine2 obs
- Redstem Springbeauty2 obs
- cat's ear2 obs
- Arrowleaf Buckwheat2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12062148204
Day trips start here
- Glenn County · 23 mi
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