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Obe Fields Spring

Obe Fields Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Obe Fields Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,193 m. Butt Mountain stands 2,395 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Barkley Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1193 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.13398, -121.71457

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Barkley Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Flatiron Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 4.8 mi
  • Pinnacle Peak: 5.3 mi
Springs: 48
Waterfalls: 5
  • Lower Deer Creek Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Deadhorse Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Deer Creek Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Bluff Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
Parks: 4
  • Mill Creek Park: 22.3 mi
  • Halbert Park: 22.9 mi
  • Gerber Park: 23.5 mi
  • Moore Road Ball Park: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Museums: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Sulphur Works: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Obe Fields Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Butt MountainENE 71°2,395 m18.3 mi
Locke PeakE 92°2,182 m16.4 mi
Rocky PeakNNE 17°2,172 m21.1 mi
Eagle RocksE 83°2,149 m16.2 mi
Humboldt PeakE 86°2,147 m15.1 mi
Snow MountainESE 107°2,127 m16.2 mi
Humboldt SummitE 84°2,085 m13.9 mi
Turner MountainNNE 25°2,083 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3919:5920:40
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:2616:0216:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333538424957636257483933
Precip in8.38.37.64.12.81.10.20.20.52.75.29.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineral, 16 mi away.

  • Foothill Yellow-legged Frog2 obs
  • North American Racer2 obs
  • flatbud prickly poppy1 obs
  • Grappletail1 obs
  • callahan's mariposa lily1 obs
  • Pacific Dogwood1 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2295387362

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