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Poison Oak Spring

Poison Oak Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Poison Oak Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 926 m. Slate Mountain stands 2,829 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Corral Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
926 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.91090, -118.72388

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 52
Parks: 26
Attractions: 9
  • Trail of 100 Giants: 8.5 mi
  • Cabin 234: 11.2 mi
  • Cabin 236: 11.2 mi
  • Cabin 240: 11.2 mi
  • Cabin 242: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Historic sites: 3
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sunset Point Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
  • Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Poison Oak Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slate MountainNE 35°2,829 m14.5 mi
Sunday PeakSE 139°2,531 m11.8 mi
Onion Meadow PeakNE 39°2,529 m10.6 mi
Tobias PeakESE 116°2,526 m9.5 mi
Mule PeakNE 40°2,477 m9.5 mi
Bull Run PeakESE 123°2,448 m9.9 mi
Portuguese PeakSE 137°2,417 m11.3 mi
Baker PeakESE 107°2,416 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:4019:3720:15
September equinox06:4418:2018:53
December solstice07:0216:0616:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424346505664717065564741
Precip in3.73.53.11.70.80.20.10.10.10.91.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glennville, 13 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs50.364.080.062.139.120.78.54.13.45.511.923.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Deer C NR Fountain Springs CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • American Robin1 obs
  • Hermit Thrush1 obs
  • California poppy1 obs
  • silverpuffs1 obs
  • California milkweed1 obs
  • Prettyface1 obs
  • deerweed1 obs
  • Coulter's wild cabbage1 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 way/75118416

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