Maidenhair Spring
Maidenhair Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,210 m. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Deadhorse Falls, a waterfall 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1210 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lyons Peak: 3.6 mi
- Black Butte: 4.5 mi
- Turner Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Cold Creek Butte: 5.2 mi
- Round Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Wible Spring: 1.6 mi
- Howard Spring: 1.8 mi
- Doty Spring: 2.3 mi
- Deadhorse Falls Spring: 2.6 mi
- Sheep Camp Spring: 2.7 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 0.4 mi
- Lower Deer Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 11.7 mi
- Bluff Falls: 12.5 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 14.7 mi
- Mill Creek Rim: 5.6 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 16.6 mi
- Bonnie Craigs: 21.0 mi
- Warner Valley Rim: 21.7 mi
- Palisade Cliff: 22.7 mi
- Sulphur Works: 14.3 mi
- Bumpass Hell: 15.9 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 17.8 mi
- Seismograph: 18.8 mi
- Devastated Area: 20.3 mi
- Big Boiler: 15.9 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 15.9 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 16.0 mi
- Drakesbad Hot Springs: 19.1 mi
- Terminal Geyser: 19.6 mi
- Deer Creek Preserve: 10.4 mi
- Dales Lake Ecological Reserve: 19.0 mi
- Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve: 20.2 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 21.2 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Kings Creek Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Philbrook Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Fort Maxwell: 22.2 mi
- Mount Harkness Lookout: 23.4 mi
- Shingletown Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Totem Pole: 17.0 mi
- Meadow Park: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Maidenhair Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lassen Peak | NE 37° | 3,187 m | 17.4 mi |
| Brokeoff Mountain | NE 35° | 2,814 m | 13.3 mi |
| Eagle Peak | NE 37° | 2,811 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Diller | NE 35° | 2,750 m | 14.8 mi |
| Ski Heil Peak | NE 37° | 2,721 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Helen | NE 40° | 2,694 m | 16.5 mi |
| Pilot Pinnacle | NE 36° | 2,672 m | 15.4 mi |
| Bumpass Mountain | NE 42° | 2,664 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:01 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 48 | 39 | 33 |
| Precip in | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineral, 7 mi away.
- Black-headed Grosbeak2 obs
- Western Wood-Pewee2 obs
- Western Tanager1 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco1 obs
- Pacific chorus frog1 obs
- Douglas's Squirrel1 obs
- Western Forest Scorpion1 obs
- Whiteleaf Manzanita1 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2295387354
Day trips start here
- Shingletown · 17 mi
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 21 mi
- Red Bluff · 29 mi
- Tehama County · 30 mi
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