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Mineral Spring

Mineral Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Mineral Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 393 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the east-northeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Shady Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away.

Small spring on the side of the road spilling into a piped culvert.

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Coordinates37.87287, -121.94909
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Diablo Road Stump: 2.8 mi
  • Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Lake): 4.8 mi
  • Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Small): 4.9 mi
  • Lime Ridge Labyrinth (Large): 4.9 mi
  • Dinosaur sculptures: 5.2 mi
Parks
  • Oak Hill Park: 2.9 mi
  • Mitchell Creek Park: 3.3 mi
  • Livorna Park: 3.8 mi
  • Pine Creek Park & Greenway: 3.9 mi
  • Dana Hills Park: 3.9 mi
Attractions
  • The Old Borges Ranchouse: 3.1 mi
  • Turkey Vulture: 7.7 mi
  • Hurricane Harbor: 9.0 mi
  • Red Baron Airplanes: 9.0 mi
  • Windy Grove Cars: 9.0 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Blackhawk logo: 4.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Communuity Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Ruth Bancroft Garden: 5.9 mi
Springs: 15
Beaches: 14
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 6
  • Turtle Rock: 0.5 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 3.0 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 7.7 mi
  • Chab: 13.8 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 17.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Mineral Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloENE 72°1,173 m2.0 mi
Devil's PulpitENE 74°1,110 m2.1 mi
North PeakENE 62°1,084 m3.0 mi
Ransom PointENE 64°1,037 m2.0 mi
Mount OlympiaNE 53°898 m3.2 mi
Eagle PeakNNE 16°722 m2.1 mi
Red Leg PeakE 100°652 m7.1 mi
Oyster PointSE 127°644 m4.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5520:34
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:2116:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484850535966727270635347
Precip in5.14.93.71.91.10.30.00.00.11.22.65.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Diablo Junction, 1 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs8.19.37.54.31.30.50.20.10.10.40.53.6

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Warrior's Plume367 obs
  • Mount Diablo manzanita326 obs
  • gray pine307 obs
  • California Pitcher Sage301 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower290 obs
  • blue dicks281 obs
  • California poppy277 obs
  • Western Wallflower265 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9203792681

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