Lion Spring
Lion Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 850 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is San Mateo Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 850 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- San Mateo Peak: 1.3 mi
- Elsinore Peak: 2.9 mi
- Pete's Peak: 3.0 mi
- Sail Rock: 3.0 mi
- Rome Hill: 3.4 mi
- Lakeland Village Community Center: 1.5 mi
- Big Ness park: 2.0 mi
- Perret Park: 2.2 mi
- Lake Elsinore Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
- Elm Grove Beach: 3.6 mi
- Historic Downtown Lake Elsinore: 4.0 mi
- Skydive Elsinore: 4.9 mi
- Casino: 5.2 mi
- Lake Elsinore Hotel and Casino: 5.2 mi
- Firebase Airsoft Field: 6.8 mi
- Wildomar Elementary School Historic Bell: 6.5 mi
- Trabuco and Holy Jim cabin Owners' Improvement Association: 8.5 mi
- Honor Garden: 11.0 mi
- Memorial Flags: 11.0 mi
- 9/11 Rock Garden: 11.0 mi
- R: 11.4 mi
- A: 11.4 mi
- M: 11.4 mi
- S: 11.4 mi
- Ram Head: 11.4 mi
- Prayer Garden: 12.2 mi
- School Garden: 12.7 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 12.9 mi
- Student Gardens: 14.4 mi
- Waterwise Garden: 18.1 mi
- Pigeon Spring: 3.9 mi
- Los Pinos Spring: 4.5 mi
- Chiquito Spring: 5.2 mi
- Serrano Spring: 6.4 mi
- Fox Spring: 6.8 mi
- Southern California Railway Museum: 12.4 mi
- Dora Nelson African American Art and History Museum: 13.6 mi
- Perris Valley Historical Museum: 13.9 mi
- Wings and Rotors Air Museum: 14.9 mi
- Temecula Valley Museum: 16.1 mi
- Sylvan Meadows Multi-Use Area: 8.8 mi
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: 10.4 mi
- Four Seasons Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 15.9 mi
- Double Butte County Park: 16.5 mi
- Perris Beach: 19.4 mi
- North Beach: 20.1 mi
- El Portal: 20.1 mi
- The Pier Beach: 20.1 mi
- T Street Beach: 20.2 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 12.8 mi
- Vista Point: 13.2 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 14.4 mi
- Ortega Falls: 2.7 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 4.4 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 5.3 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 8.9 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 13.4 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 19.1 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 23.8 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 23.9 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 23.9 mi
- Willard: 2.1 mi
- Terra Cotta: 4.9 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 11.4 mi
- Pinacate: 12.3 mi
- Leon: 15.4 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 18.1 mi
- Three Arches: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Lion Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | WNW 302° | 1,734 m | 10.4 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | WNW 303° | 1,675 m | 11.2 mi |
| Clark | S 171° | 1,527 m | 15.2 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | NW 312° | 1,401 m | 7.3 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | WNW 294° | 1,373 m | 5.7 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | NW 311° | 1,315 m | 5.9 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NW 311° | 1,211 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bald Peak | NW 314° | 1,197 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:27 | 20:04 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:15 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 68 | 74 | 80 | 81 | 77 | 69 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsinore, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 36.0 | 76.8 | 58.7 | 19.1 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 7.4 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Jacinto R NR Elsinore CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- California Peony64 obs
- western jack-o'-lantern47 obs
- sugar bush34 obs
- wild canterbury bells31 obs
- hoaryleaf ceanothus31 obs
- Big Berry Manzanita30 obs
- Coffee Fern22 obs
- Coulter's snapdragon22 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/3938814326
Day trips start here
- Lake Elsinore · 4 mi
- Perris · 15 mi
- Mission Viejo · 17 mi
- Temecula · 17 mi
- Laguna Hills · 18 mi
- Lake Forest · 18 mi
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