Indian Springs
Indian Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,105 m. Thumb Rock stands 3,939 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Root Creek Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Castle Dome: 0.6 mi
- Mount Hubris: 0.7 mi
- Mount Bradley: 3.9 mi
- Middle Peak: 4.9 mi
- Grey Rocks: 6.9 mi
- Root Creek Falls: 0.5 mi
- Burstarse Falls: 2.6 mi
- Hedge Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Mossbrae Falls: 6.0 mi
- Faery Falls: 6.5 mi
- Riverside Day Use Area: 1.6 mi
- Cantara Loop River Access: 6.9 mi
- Ney Springs River Access: 7.1 mi
- Pollard Flat Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 16.1 mi
- Fern Spring: 0.8 mi
- Popcorn Spring: 2.3 mi
- Picayune Spring: 10.8 mi
- White Ridge Spring: 11.1 mi
- Big Springs: 11.2 mi
- Battle Rock: 1.3 mi
- Monroe Memorial: 11.2 mi
- Everett Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Ladies cabin: 12.5 mi
- Smithy: 12.5 mi
- Castle Crags State Park: 1.4 mi
- Tauhindauli Park: 4.5 mi
- Shastice Park: 10.8 mi
- Mount Shasta City Park: 11.1 mi
- Hoo Hoo Park: 11.9 mi
- Siskiyou Arts Museum: 4.1 mi
- Sisson Museum: 9.8 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 11.4 mi
- Weed Museum: 18.1 mi
- Scott Museum: 23.0 mi
- Cosmic Wall: 0.7 mi
- Castle Crags: 1.6 mi
- Red Banks: 17.3 mi
- Red Banks: 17.4 mi
- Lakehead Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Siskiyou Art Musuem: 4.1 mi
- 1727 Class M6: 4.8 mi
- Lake Siskiyou Beach: 7.7 mi
- Sisson Meadow: 10.4 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Indian Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thumb Rock | NNE 23° | 3,938.9 m | 17.3 mi |
| Shastarama Point | NNE 24° | 3,393.9 m | 16.5 mi |
| Casaval Ridge | NNE 20° | 3,187.9 m | 16.3 mi |
| Green Butte | NNE 24° | 2,802 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Eddy | NW 323° | 2,751 m | 13.2 mi |
| Red Butte | NNE 29° | 2,553.3 m | 15.4 mi |
| Gray Butte | NNE 29° | 2,471.3 m | 14.4 mi |
| Grey Rocks | WSW 249° | 2,190 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:05 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:00 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 11.1 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 6.9 | 12.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dunsmuir Trtmt PL, 3 mi away.
- Hartweg's wild ginger145 obs
- Umbrella Plant103 obs
- Pacific Dogwood86 obs
- Pine Violet85 obs
- Warrior's Plume79 obs
- Western Rattlesnake Plantain71 obs
- Tanoak60 obs
- Western Fence Lizard57 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1049608747
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