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Manzanita Spring

Manzanita Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Manzanita Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 935 m. Black Butte stands 2,252 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bathtub Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
935 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.70492, -122.64141

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Doe Peak: 0.9 mi
  • Buck Point: 2.3 mi
  • Red Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Bald Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Valley View Mountain: 5.1 mi
Springs: 54
Parks: 11
  • Burris Creek Recreation Area: 14.1 mi
  • Grizzly Flat Recreation Area: 14.8 mi
  • Buckhorn Recreation Area: 16.3 mi
  • Eagle Pass Recreation Area: 17.2 mi
  • Observation Point Recreation Area: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Rattlesnake Firefighter Memorial: 3.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Green Army Man: 23.4 mi
Museums: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Lopes Cabin: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Manzanita Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black ButteW 277°2,252 m12.4 mi
Brushy MountainWSW 256°2,053 m11.6 mi
Saint John MountainS 188°2,053 m18.9 mi
Bald MountainWSW 252°2,052 m18.6 mi
Ball RockNNW 344°2,025 m18.8 mi
Ball MountainNNW 334°1,993 m17.4 mi
Sheetiron MountainSSW 199°1,978 m15.5 mi
Dicks ButteWSW 252°1,918 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4420:0220:43
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2916:0716:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454851566472787772625144
Precip in4.54.02.81.41.10.50.10.10.10.92.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stony Gorge Rsvr, 10 mi away.

  • Pale Springbeauty2 obs
  • Mountain Quail1 obs
  • chamise1 obs
  • Western Rattlesnake1 obs
  • Bell's Sparrow1 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12062393157

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