Poison Spring
Poison Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,022 m. Thimble Peak stands 2,988 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 3 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Liberty Hill: 4.8 mi
- Flagpole Point: 6.0 mi
- Shovel Grave: 6.2 mi
- Garnet Hill: 7.0 mi
- Thunder Hill: 7.5 mi
- Mud Spring: 0.9 mi
- Black Spring: 1.4 mi
- Hermit Spring: 3.7 mi
- Cottage Spring: 3.7 mi
- Burnt Corral Spring: 5.2 mi
- Salt Springs State Game Refuge: 9.3 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 11.4 mi
- White Pines Park: 12.3 mi
- Wester Park: 13.8 mi
- Leach Field: 16.4 mi
- Campfire Center: 10.5 mi
- Big Stump: 10.5 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 20.9 mi
- California Caverns: 22.1 mi
- Leoni House: 23.1 mi
- Oak Leaf: 10.2 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 11.2 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 12.0 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 6.9 mi
- Bloods Point: 8.6 mi
- McKays Point: 12.0 mi
- Machado Postpile: 18.3 mi
- East Flange Rock: 24.7 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 16.4 mi
- Strawberry: 16.4 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 23.3 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 23.3 mi
- Murphys: 23.3 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 10.4 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 12.4 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 22.7 mi
- Chaw'se Regional Indian Museum: 24.9 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 10.1 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 10.7 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 22.5 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 17.3 mi
- Beach 1: 17.3 mi
- Beach 2: 17.5 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 18.4 mi
- Peep Sight: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Poison Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thimble Peak | NNE 20° | 2,988 m | 19.7 mi |
| Deadwood Peak | NNE 32° | 2,987 m | 19.2 mi |
| Melissa Coray Peak | NNE 23° | 2,977 m | 19.4 mi |
| Iceberg Peak | ENE 79° | 2,969 m | 19.9 mi |
| Peep Sight Peak | ENE 68° | 2,950 m | 19.3 mi |
| Lookout Peak | ENE 64° | 2,919 m | 18.6 mi |
| Covered Wagon Peak | NNE 22° | 2,918 m | 19.6 mi |
| Dardanelles Cone | E 87° | 2,905 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 38 | 40 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 53 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 9.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 9.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in Jun, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 93.5 | 107 | 141 | 273 | 746 | 878 | 201 | 69.3 | 56.9 | 47.0 | 56.6 | 81.2 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Mokelumne R BL Salt Springs Dam CA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Sierra Gooseberry4 obs
- Solomon's plume3 obs
- California incense-cedar3 obs
- mountain whitethorn3 obs
- sugar pine3 obs
- white fir3 obs
- Dusky Onion3 obs
- skunky monkeyflower3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7450574932
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