Mustang Spring
Mustang Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 425 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-southeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Irvine Mesa, a peak 1.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 425 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Irvine Mesa: 1.2 mi
- Hagador Peak: 3.0 mi
- Flores Peak: 3.0 mi
- Bolero Point: 3.3 mi
- Pleasants Peak: 3.4 mi
- Modjeska Community Park: 3.2 mi
- Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Modjeska Canyon Nature Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Borrego Canyon Overlook Park: 4.6 mi
- Irvine Lake Park: 4.7 mi
- KSRT-AM (Orange): 5.1 mi
- Hangmans Tree: 5.6 mi
- San Pantaleon or "Springs of Father Gomez": 5.8 mi
- Portola Overlook: 6.1 mi
- Portola Overlook: 6.1 mi
- Corona Model Railroad Society: 7.1 mi
- Corona Heritage Museum: 7.1 mi
- Museum Barn Exhibit: 7.1 mi
- Pretend City Children's Museum: 9.8 mi
- Ramon Peralta Adobe and Museum: 10.4 mi
- Botanical Wedding Garden: 7.1 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 7.9 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 7.9 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 7.9 mi
- Bamboo Garden: 7.9 mi
- Trabuco Fliers Club: 7.3 mi
- Great Park Carousel: 8.2 mi
- Great Park Balloon: 8.3 mi
- Tom's Mining Company: 8.7 mi
- Tractor Driving: 8.7 mi
- Sally Ride: 7.9 mi
- Lorenzo A. Ramirez: 7.9 mi
- Santiago Canyon College Foundation: 7.9 mi
- César Chávez: 7.9 mi
- Dolores Huerta: 7.9 mi
- Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park: 4.8 mi
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 7.5 mi
- Coal Canyon Ecological Preserve: 7.6 mi
- Oak Canyon Nature Center: 8.9 mi
- Deer Canyon Park Preserve: 9.3 mi
- Shrewsburg Spring: 2.8 mi
- Dripping Springs: 2.9 mi
- Ladd Canyon Spring: 3.3 mi
- Laurel Spring: 4.3 mi
- Horsetrough Spring: 4.4 mi
- Goat Shed Point: 3.4 mi
- Vista Point: 6.4 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 6.7 mi
- Deer Den Group Area: 7.0 mi
- Squirrel Square Group Area: 7.2 mi
- North Star Beach: 17.3 mi
- Newport Dunes: 17.6 mi
- China Cove Beach: 17.6 mi
- Arch Beach: 17.7 mi
- Edgewater: 18.5 mi
- Black Star Canyon Falls: 3.2 mi
- Harding Canyon Falls: 3.6 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 8.1 mi
- Historic Dam: 8.9 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 14.0 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 12.9 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 13.3 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 13.8 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 14.7 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 20.0 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 8.5 mi
- Terra Cotta: 15.5 mi
- Willard: 16.2 mi
- Pinacate: 23.2 mi
- La Placita: 24.6 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 21.9 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- Three Arches: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Mustang Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | ESE 117° | 1,734 m | 6.7 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | ESE 114° | 1,675 m | 5.9 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | ESE 111° | 1,401 m | 10.0 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | ESE 123° | 1,373 m | 11.4 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | ESE 114° | 1,315 m | 11.3 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | NNE 32° | 1,211 m | 3.4 mi |
| Bald Peak | E 90° | 1,197 m | 5.8 mi |
| Bedford Peak | ENE 76° | 1,161 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:28 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 16:08 | 16:47 |
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 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 64 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Irvine RCH, 6 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 14.6 | 28.3 | 18.5 | 5.8 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Santiago C A Modjeska CA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- chaparral yucca50 obs
- chamise43 obs
- Chalk Dudleya40 obs
- black sage38 obs
- Splendid Mariposa Lily37 obs
- hoaryleaf ceanothus37 obs
- Golden Yarrow33 obs
- Weed's Mariposa Lily32 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/3938814330
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