Mud Spring
Mud Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 333 m. Turner Mountain stands 2,083 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Potato Hill, a peak 2.4 miles away. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 333 m
How to reach it
127 named places within 25 miles
- Potato Hill: 2.4 mi
- Tuscan Buttes: 4.4 mi
- Dewitt Peak: 6.2 mi
- Bald Hill: 8.1 mi
- Finley Butte: 9.5 mi
- Tuscan Springs: 4.5 mi
- Ross Gates Spring: 10.0 mi
- Ballard Spring: 10.1 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 10.7 mi
- Davison Spring: 11.9 mi
- Parks of Study and Reflection - Red Bluff: 8.5 mi
- Tehama County Fairgrounds: 9.3 mi
- Red Bluff Recreation Area: 10.2 mi
- William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park: 10.4 mi
- William B Ide Adobe State Historical Monumen: 10.4 mi
- Portal: 8.4 mi
- Monolith: 8.4 mi
- Fountain: 8.5 mi
- Anderson Veterans Memorial: 21.3 mi
- California-Oregon Highway Historical Marker: 23.0 mi
- Herbert S. Miles Rest Area: 12.4 mi
- Herbert S. Miles Rest Area: 13.1 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Shingletown Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve: 8.1 mi
- Dales Lake Ecological Reserve: 8.4 mi
- Deer Creek Preserve: 23.8 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 18.0 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 22.0 mi
- Lower Deer Creek Falls: 24.0 mi
- Mill Creek Rim: 19.0 mi
- Steamboat Point: 23.6 mi
- Bonnie Craigs: 23.8 mi
- Kelly-Griggs House Museum: 11.2 mi
- Tehama County Museum: 14.2 mi
- Discovery Garden: 10.2 mi
- Totem Pole: 20.2 mi
- Soto: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mud Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner Mountain | ENE 76° | 2,083 m | 22.6 mi |
| Lyons Peak | ENE 75° | 2,022 m | 21.4 mi |
| Grays Peak | ENE 59° | 1,930 m | 24.0 mi |
| Hampton Butte | ENE 64° | 1,904 m | 22.9 mi |
| Onion Butte | E 93° | 1,771 m | 24.4 mi |
| Onion Summit | E 91° | 1,698 m | 23.6 mi |
| Cold Creek Butte | ENE 66° | 1,589 m | 22.1 mi |
| Barkley Mountain | ESE 103° | 1,364 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:03 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 55 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 80 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Bluff Muni AP, 13 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Jan, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 315 | 312 | 242 | 218 | 154 | 80.6 | 43.8 | 38.1 | 38.5 | 50.8 | 104 | 222 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Antelope C NR Red Bluff CA, 5 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/2295387358
Day trips start here
- Red Bluff · 11 mi
- Tehama County · 12 mi
- Cottonwood · 18 mi
- Anderson · 21 mi
- Shingletown · 21 mi
- Corning · 22 mi
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