Maple Spring
Maple Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 598 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the east-northeast, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mineral Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away.
Moderately-sized spring with abundant rushes and a big, old maple just below it. Approximate location of the "Maple Spring" in Fig. 2 of Ertter & Bowerman's The Flowering Plants and Ferns of Mount Diablo California.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Laurel Nook Group Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
- Bridal Nook: 0.8 mi
- Sunset: 0.8 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- Livermore Valley Overlook: 0.9 mi
- Wall Point: 1.2 mi
- Mount Diablo: 1.7 mi
- Artist Point: 1.7 mi
- Ransom Point: 1.7 mi
- Devil's Pulpit: 1.8 mi
- Mount Diablo State Park Summit Museum: 1.7 mi
- Museum of the San Ramon Valley: 4.8 mi
- Clayton Historical Society Museum: 4.8 mi
- Clayton Historical Society Museum: 4.8 mi
- Blackhawk Natural History Museum: 5.1 mi
- Historic Green Ranch Site: 1.7 mi
- Donner Cabin: 2.9 mi
- All Wars Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Old Borges Ranch: 3.5 mi
- Clayton Club Saloon: 4.8 mi
- Diablo Road Stump: 2.9 mi
- Dinosaur sculptures: 5.1 mi
- Elephant statue: 5.1 mi
- Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Lake): 5.1 mi
- Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Small): 5.2 mi
- Viera-North Peak: 3.0 mi
- Young Canyon: 3.1 mi
- Oak Hill Lane: 3.7 mi
- Lot 25: 3.7 mi
- Mount Diablo Gateway: 3.8 mi
- Oak Hill Park: 3.1 mi
- Mitchell Creek Park: 3.3 mi
- Dana Hills Park: 3.9 mi
- Regency Woods Park: 4.1 mi
- Bret Harte Park: 4.2 mi
- The Old Borges Ranchouse: 3.5 mi
- Turkey Vulture: 8.1 mi
- Windy Grove Cars: 9.2 mi
- Red Baron Airplanes: 9.2 mi
- Dragon Roller Coaster: 9.2 mi
- Blackhawk logo: 3.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
- Communuity Garden: 5.8 mi
- Ruth Bancroft Garden: 6.2 mi
- Mineral Spring: 0.4 mi
- Shady Spring: 0.5 mi
- Johnny-come-lately Spring: 0.7 mi
- Burma Spring: 0.7 mi
- Moses Rock Spring: 1.0 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 14.9 mi
- Kite beach: 15.3 mi
- Playpen: 15.5 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 15.8 mi
- Lake Anza Beach: 16.9 mi
- Acelanus: 5.2 mi
- Nortonville: 6.8 mi
- Stewartville: 7.2 mi
- Somersville: 7.2 mi
- West Hartley: 8.5 mi
- Turtle Rock: 0.4 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 3.0 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 8.0 mi
- Chab: 14.1 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 20.3 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 12.6 mi
- Tehan Falls: 13.7 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 23.4 mi
- Quarters A: 23.4 mi
- Rest Stop: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Maple Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | ENE 66° | 1,173 m | 1.7 mi |
| Devil's Pulpit | ENE 68° | 1,110 m | 1.8 mi |
| North Peak | ENE 57° | 1,084 m | 2.7 mi |
| Ransom Point | ENE 57° | 1,037 m | 1.7 mi |
| Mount Olympia | NE 47° | 898 m | 2.9 mi |
| Eagle Peak | N 5° | 722 m | 2.1 mi |
| Red Leg Peak | E 100° | 652 m | 6.7 mi |
| Oyster Point | SE 129° | 644 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 48 | 50 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Diablo Junction, under a mile away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 8.1 | 9.3 | 7.5 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 3.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Ramon C A San Ramon CA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9203792682
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