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Om Chatim Springs

Om Chatim Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Om Chatim Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,858 m. Mount Ingalls stands 2,542 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.03531, -120.40632

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 15
  • State Game Refuge One-P: 5.5 mi
  • State Game Refuge One-P: 7.8 mi
  • State Game Refuge One-V: 12.3 mi
  • Kids Creek Forest: 15.5 mi
  • Eagles Peak Ski Area: 15.7 mi
Springs: 9
Nature reserves: 4
  • Honey Lake State Wildlife Area (Dakin Unit): 18.6 mi
  • Honey Lake State Wildlife Area: 18.8 mi
  • Bald Mountain Recreation Area: 20.3 mi
  • Honey Lake State Wildlife Area (Flemming Unit): 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Hot springs: 2
  • Marble Hot Springs: 19.5 mi
  • Marble Hot Springs: 19.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • FCI Herlong: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Om Chatim Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount IngallsWSW 256°2,542 m12.0 mi
Dixie MountainSE 136°2,537 m9.3 mi
Adams PeakESE 118°2,494 m18.4 mi
Kettle BenchmarkWNW 295°2,390 m18.3 mi
Kettle RockWNW 293°2,377 m18.4 mi
Crystal PeakESE 113°2,375 m16.2 mi
Thompson PeakNNW 333°2,362 m17.5 mi
Tower RockW 262°2,342 m19.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3419:5420:35
September equinox06:5018:2519:00
December solstice07:2115:5716:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313438435159666458483831
Precip in4.23.93.61.51.20.50.30.30.41.12.04.3

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

  • nettle-leaf giant hyssop2 obs
  • American Black Bear1 obs
  • western columbine1 obs
  • spotted coralroot1 obs
  • Red larkspur1 obs
  • woodland pinedrops1 obs
  • Cheatgrass1 obs
  • West Coast Reishi1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/10045400281

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