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Pine Spring

Pine Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Pine Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 886 m. Mount Linn stands 2,464 m to the west, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Franklin Point, a peak 0.4 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
886 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.04932, -122.67473

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Franklin Point: 0.4 mi
  • Brush Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Elkhorn Peak: 5.5 mi
  • Red Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Ball Rock: 6.6 mi
Springs
Parks: 10
  • Ridgeway Park: 20.6 mi
  • Burris Creek Recreation Area: 22.3 mi
  • Buckhorn Recreation Area: 23.2 mi
  • Trainor Park: 24.0 mi
  • Observation Point Recreation Area: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Indian Dick Forest Service Station: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Museums: 1
  • Kelly-Griggs House Museum: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Pine Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LinnW 265°2,464 m9.5 mi
South Yolla BollyW 266°2,420 m10.0 mi
North Yolla Bolly MountainsWNW 303°2,381 m18.8 mi
Black Rock MountainWNW 301°2,367 m20.7 mi
Solomon PeakW 263°2,306 m15.0 mi
Hammerhorn MountainWSW 257°2,299 m15.0 mi
Twin PeaksWSW 256°2,247 m9.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 269°2,246 m14.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4320:0320:44
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:3016:0616:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475155606876828075655347
Precip in4.74.12.91.51.20.40.10.10.21.02.54.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Bluff Muni AP, 23 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs23127322515082.729.98.33.22.88.039.3136

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Elder C NR Paskenta CA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2295387366

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