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Pigeon Spring

Pigeon Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Pigeon Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 791 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sitton Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates33.58964, -117.42580

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Wildomar OHV Area: 5.1 mi
  • Lakeland Village Community Center: 5.3 mi
  • Big Ness park: 5.6 mi
  • Perret Park: 5.9 mi
  • Lake Elsinore Recreation Area: 6.6 mi
Attractions
  • Historic Downtown Lake Elsinore: 7.9 mi
  • Skydive Elsinore: 8.0 mi
  • Casino: 8.8 mi
  • Lake Elsinore Hotel and Casino: 8.8 mi
  • Brown Water Tower: 9.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 48
  • Peace Obelisk: 13.0 mi
  • R: 13.1 mi
  • A: 13.1 mi
  • M: 13.1 mi
  • S: 13.1 mi
Gardens: 46
Springs: 34
Museums: 22
Nature reserves: 19
Beaches: 16
  • North Beach: 16.2 mi
  • El Portal: 16.2 mi
  • The Pier Beach: 16.2 mi
  • T Street Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Poche Beach: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Old Corral Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Group Picnic #1: 11.0 mi
  • Vista Point: 11.6 mi
  • Goat Shed Point: 13.6 mi
  • Employee Break Area: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 19.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Pigeon Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakNW 323°1,734 m10.4 mi
Modjeska PeakNW 323°1,675 m11.3 mi
ClarkSSE 157°1,527 m13.2 mi
Trabuco PeakNNW 340°1,401 m8.3 mi
Los Pinos PeakNNW 333°1,373 m5.8 mi
Horsethief PeakNNW 344°1,315 m7.0 mi
Pleasants PeakNW 324°1,211 m17.7 mi
Bald PeakNNW 331°1,197 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:4119:2720:04
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5116:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545559636874808177696053
Precip in3.02.81.50.50.20.10.20.10.20.50.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsinore, 8 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs36.076.858.719.14.50.70.50.60.41.21.37.4

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Jacinto R NR Elsinore CA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • California Peony92 obs
  • Prickly Phlox84 obs
  • hoaryleaf ceanothus57 obs
  • cardinal catchfly53 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard52 obs
  • California milkweed49 obs
  • sugar bush48 obs
  • wild canterbury bells47 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/3938814331

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