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Lone Tree Spring

Lone Tree Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Lone Tree Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 444 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the north-northeast, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cardiac Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.89709, -122.60331
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Stinson tree: 1.4 mi
  • Founders Grove: 1.6 mi
  • Redwood Tree Slice: 1.6 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 5.2 mi
  • Slide House: 5.6 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Barth's Retreat: 1.9 mi
  • Potrero Camp: 2.0 mi
  • Rifle Camp: 2.1 mi
  • Bolinas Park: 6.2 mi
  • Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 6.5 mi
Parks
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
Beaches: 55
Waterfalls: 16
  • Kent Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Midway Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Helen Markt Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 3.0 mi
Springs: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 6.2 mi
  • Temple: 12.4 mi
  • Keyhole: 12.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 1.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Lone Tree Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakNNE 32°784 m2.6 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakN 11°778 m1.9 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakNNE 21°744 m2.2 mi
Ballou PointNW 312°612 m1.5 mi
Twin KnollsNW 318°597 m2.2 mi
Big Rock RidgeN 360°575 m11.2 mi
Pine MountainNNW 334°543 m6.1 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointNNE 21°527 m1.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4919:5820:37
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2316:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586266686867635549
Precip in8.88.76.02.61.40.40.00.00.12.04.69.8

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

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs30.230.420.09.52.91.20.60.30.22.22.823.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Redwood C A Hwy 1 Bridge A Muir Beach CA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Button's Banana Slug1,783 obs
  • coast redwood1,588 obs
  • Redwood Sorrel1,288 obs
  • Pacific trillium1,261 obs
  • Andrews' Clintonia1,022 obs
  • California Spikenard928 obs
  • Fairy-slipper874 obs
  • great horsetail761 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/313549509

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