Mud Springs
Mud Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 663 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Margarita Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Margarita Peak: 1.2 mi
- Rocky Peak: 1.9 mi
- Miller Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Redonda Mesa: 3.1 mi
- Tenaja Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Rancho Santa Rosa Historic Area: 7.6 mi
- Brown Water Tower: 11.5 mi
- Murrieta Historic Downtown: 11.8 mi
- Pole Position Raceway: 12.6 mi
- Redemption Games: 12.6 mi
- Wildomar OHV Area: 9.1 mi
- Jackie Heyneman Park: 9.6 mi
- Village Park: 9.6 mi
- Village Square Park: 9.6 mi
- Alturas Street Park: 9.6 mi
- Smugglers Sink: 11.0 mi
- Laurel Flag Pole Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Camp Pendleton: 11.8 mi
- Wildomar Elementary School Historic Bell: 11.8 mi
- 9/11 Rock Garden: 12.1 mi
- Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society: 9.5 mi
- Surfing Heritage and Culture Center: 11.9 mi
- Temecula Valley Museum: 13.8 mi
- Pennypickle's Workshop Museum: 13.8 mi
- Blas Aguilar Adobe: 16.1 mi
- Fallbrook Totem Bird Sculpture: 9.6 mi
- R: 12.8 mi
- A: 12.9 mi
- A: 12.9 mi
- M: 12.9 mi
- Case Spring: 2.0 mi
- Willow Spring: 2.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.1 mi
- White Oak Springs: 5.7 mi
- Dobe Spring: 6.3 mi
- Grand Tradition: 10.4 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 14.1 mi
- Student Gardens: 14.5 mi
- Prayer Garden: 14.6 mi
- Rose Hall of Fame: 15.3 mi
- Church: 12.2 mi
- Shipwreck Shore: 12.4 mi
- Playa Las Palmeras: 13.1 mi
- Playa Las Palmeras: 13.1 mi
- T Street Beach: 13.7 mi
- Sylvan Meadows Multi-Use Area: 7.6 mi
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: 9.3 mi
- Los Jilgueros Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Dinwiddie Preserve: 11.5 mi
- San Onofre State Beach: 12.8 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Employee Break Area: 14.0 mi
- Juror Patio Tables: 17.5 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 18.0 mi
- Vista Point: 18.9 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 6.6 mi
- Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 10.9 mi
- Ortega Falls: 11.6 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 11.7 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 17.7 mi
- Willard: 13.8 mi
- Terra Cotta: 16.7 mi
- Leon: 20.0 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 22.1 mi
- Pinacate: 22.4 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 12.0 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 12.1 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 13.4 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 13.6 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 14.9 mi
- Three Arches: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Mud Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | NNW 334° | 1,734 m | 19.2 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NNW 333° | 1,675 m | 20.0 mi |
| Clark | SE 139° | 1,527 m | 4.4 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | NNW 343° | 1,401 m | 17.4 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | NNW 341° | 1,373 m | 14.9 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | NNW 345° | 1,315 m | 16.1 mi |
| San Mateo Peak | N 2° | 1,095 m | 10.5 mi |
| Elsinore Peak | NNE 14° | 1,078 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:27 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:15 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 67 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 66 | 59 | 54 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Camp Pendleton Mcas, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 33.2 | 36.2 | 22.1 | 8.9 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge DE Luz C NR DE Luz CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Pendleton ceanothus56 obs
- hoaryleaf ceanothus37 obs
- Cleveland Sage28 obs
- Eastwood's Manzanita27 obs
- California snowdrop bush24 obs
- chaparral yucca22 obs
- hairy ceanothus20 obs
- Hooked Pincushionplant19 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/11360322396
Day trips start here
- Fallbrook · 11 mi
- San Clemente · 13 mi
- Lake Elsinore · 15 mi
- Temecula · 15 mi
- San Juan Capistrano · 16 mi
- Dana Point · 18 mi
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