Maple Spring
Maple Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,563 m. Boulder Peak stands 2,512 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Lake Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Slinkard Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Grider Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Browns Knob: 4.5 mi
- Faulkstein Spring: 2.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.8 mi
- Stud Horse Spring: 5.8 mi
- Buckhorn Spring: 6.7 mi
- Fern Spring: 6.8 mi
- Maple Falls: 7.2 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 12.5 mi
- Ponytail Falls: 12.8 mi
- Wilderness Falls: 23.1 mi
- Johnson Creek Falls: 24.3 mi
- Sugar pine river access: 7.6 mi
- Cook and Green Trailhead: 15.9 mi
- Stein butte trailhead: 18.1 mi
- Fir glade trailhead: 18.4 mi
- Bigfoot Trap: 21.2 mi
- Open Soon: 19.8 mi
- Etna High School Lion Statue: 24.8 mi
- Etna Horseback Miner Statue: 24.8 mi
- Graffiti Gate: 24.9 mi
- Saint Mary Statue: 24.9 mi
- Limestone Bluffs: 3.2 mi
- Ferry Point: 14.0 mi
- Blue Nose Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Scotts Bar Monument: 9.1 mi
- Cabin: 15.6 mi
- Oro Fino Historic Plaque: 18.0 mi
- Happy Camp River Park: 10.1 mi
- City Park: 20.1 mi
- Johnson - Joss Park: 24.9 mi
- The People's Center: 10.6 mi
- Fort Jones Museum: 20.2 mi
- Jones Beach: 9.9 mi
- Seattle Bar Day Use Area: 18.0 mi
- Copper: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Maple Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Peak | SSE 159° | 2,512 m | 12.8 mi |
| Black Marble Mountain | S 185° | 2,268 m | 12.0 mi |
| Kings Castle | SSW 192° | 2,257 m | 9.6 mi |
| Box Camp Mountain | S 180° | 2,215 m | 10.6 mi |
| Condrey Mountain | NE 39° | 2,164 m | 16.6 mi |
| Big Ridge | SSW 203° | 2,141 m | 6.8 mi |
| Tom Martin Peak | E 98° | 2,140 m | 5.5 mi |
| Marble Mountain | S 187° | 2,131 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:48 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:09 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:01 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yreka, 28 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 5,192 | 5,589 | 5,973 | 5,652 | 4,877 | 3,079 | 1,569 | 1,337 | 1,512 | 1,926 | 2,662 | 4,074 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Klamath R NR Seiad Valley CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
- Scott Bar Salamander1 obs
- Southern Alligator Lizard1 obs
- spotted coralroot1 obs
- canyon live oak1 obs
- Scarlet Gilia1 obs
- bush chinquapin1 obs
- Common Sagebrush Lizard1 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/1009874607
Day trips start here
- Klamath River · 20 mi
- Etna · 25 mi
- Oregon Caves National Monument · 27 mi
- Yreka · 28 mi
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