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Jay Bird Spring

Jay Bird Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Jay Bird Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,410 m. McConnell Spur stands 2,780 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Bend, a peak 1.6 miles away.

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Coordinates38.83154, -120.51540
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Big Bend: 1.6 mi
  • Chaix Mountain: 3.3 mi
  • Saddle Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Lookout Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Little Sugar Pine Mountain: 5.1 mi
Parks: 29
Historic sites: 14
Springs: 14
Waterfalls: 9
Picnic sites: 8
  • Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Cleveland Corral: 6.0 mi
  • Ralston Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • French Meadows Day Use Site: 21.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
Museums: 8
Nature reserves: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Leoni House: 15.3 mi
  • Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 17.4 mi
  • Balancing Rock: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 20.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Jay Bird Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McConnell SpurENE 63°2,779.776 m16.7 mi
McConnell PeakENE 61°2,770 m16.7 mi
Tells PeakENE 58°2,699 m16.6 mi
Two PeaksENE 68°2,306 m13.5 mi
Bunker HillNNE 26°2,300 m16.7 mi
Slick RockENE 74°2,210 m12.7 mi
Brown MountainNE 48°2,178 m16.3 mi
Bald MountainESE 106°2,131 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3919:14
June solstice05:3819:5120:31
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:1816:0216:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384144495765727166544337
Precip in9.68.88.84.93.20.90.00.10.52.95.39.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pacific House, 5 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs17213611715222716055.526.822.823.932.669.5

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Silver C BL Camino Div Dam CA, 1 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Sierra Newt3 obs
  • Snowplant2 obs
  • woodland pinedrops2 obs
  • Largeleaf Sandwort2 obs
  • Violet draperia2 obs
  • bur pincushionplant2 obs
  • stebbins' phacelia2 obs
  • Torrey's monkeyflower2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/8804714719

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