Jackass Spring
Jackass Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,683 m. Condrey Mountain stands 2,164 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Devils Peak, a peak 0.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Devils Peak: 0.2 mi
- Middle Devils Peak: 0.8 mi
- Lower Devils Peak: 1.4 mi
- Kangaroo Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Desolation Peak: 2.4 mi
- Kangaroo Spring: 1.5 mi
- Quail Spring: 2.1 mi
- Alder Spring: 3.0 mi
- Fern Spring: 3.2 mi
- Dead Mole Spring: 8.7 mi
- Cook and Green Trailhead: 6.1 mi
- Stein butte trailhead: 8.6 mi
- Fir glade trailhead: 8.8 mi
- Bigfoot Trap: 11.7 mi
- Sanctuary One: 14.2 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 4.5 mi
- Ponytail Falls: 4.6 mi
- Maple Falls: 17.2 mi
- Loretta Falls: 18.3 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 22.9 mi
- Happy Camp River Park: 11.0 mi
- Tunnel Ridge Recreation Site: 23.7 mi
- Cantrall Buckley County Park: 23.8 mi
- Little Applegate Recreation Site: 24.3 mi
- Cabin: 5.7 mi
- Scotts Bar Monument: 14.6 mi
- Limestone Bluffs: 8.7 mi
- Ferry Point: 19.1 mi
- The People's Center: 11.4 mi
- Oregon Caves Visitor Center: 17.5 mi
- Seattle Bar Day Use Area: 8.5 mi
- Jones Beach: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Jackass Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condrey Mountain | ENE 76° | 2,164 m | 12.0 mi |
| Tom Martin Peak | SSE 148° | 2,140 m | 12.6 mi |
| Scraggy Mountain | ENE 66° | 2,117 m | 11.4 mi |
| Lake Mountain | SSE 160° | 2,096 m | 10.7 mi |
| Dry Lake Mountain | E 86° | 2,063 m | 13.6 mi |
| Red Butte | NNE 24° | 2,054 m | 2.7 mi |
| Kangaroo Mountain | N 9° | 2,040 m | 1.8 mi |
| Arnold Mountain | NNW 329° | 2,026.31 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:10 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:00 | 16:45 |
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 | 40 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.3 | 3.9 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruch, 24 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 5,192 | 5,589 | 5,973 | 5,652 | 4,877 | 3,079 | 1,569 | 1,337 | 1,512 | 1,926 | 2,662 | 4,074 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Klamath R NR Seiad Valley CA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Brewer's spruce6 obs
- granite buckwheat5 obs
- common beargrass4 obs
- whitestem frasera4 obs
- Siskiyou Mountains Salamander3 obs
- roseflower stonecrop3 obs
- Solomon's plume2 obs
- western maidenhair fern2 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/1027703225
Day trips start here
- Oregon Caves National Monument · 18 mi
- Klamath River · 20 mi
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