Pony Spring
Pony Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 310 m. Mount Linn stands 2,464 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitlock Butte, a peak 0.9 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 310 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Whitlock Butte: 0.9 mi
- Owens Butte: 2.0 mi
- Digger Pine Hill: 2.1 mi
- Eagle Peak: 2.3 mi
- Williams Butte: 3.2 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 1.4 mi
- Uhl Spring: 2.5 mi
- Government Spring: 4.2 mi
- Jungle Spring: 7.3 mi
- Pepperwood Spring: 7.4 mi
- Burris Creek Recreation Area: 13.0 mi
- Buckhorn Recreation Area: 14.4 mi
- Grizzly Flat Recreation Area: 15.3 mi
- Eagle Pass Recreation Area: 15.7 mi
- Observation Point Recreation Area: 15.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 3.7 mi
- Stony Point: 6.0 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Firefighter Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Plaskett Meadows Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Alta Schmidt House Museum: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Pony Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Linn | WNW 303° | 2,464 m | 15.8 mi |
| South Yolla Bolly | WNW 302° | 2,420 m | 16.3 mi |
| Solomon Peak | WNW 292° | 2,306 m | 20.1 mi |
| Hammerhorn Mountain | WNW 289° | 2,299 m | 19.4 mi |
| Black Butte | SW 228° | 2,252 m | 19.2 mi |
| Twin Peaks | WNW 298° | 2,247 m | 15.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 297° | 2,246 m | 20.7 mi |
| Harvey Peak | WNW 300° | 2,221 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 20:02 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:06 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 51 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stony Gorge Rsvr, 23 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 231 | 273 | 225 | 150 | 82.7 | 29.9 | 8.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 8.0 | 39.3 | 136 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2295387367
Day trips start here
- Corning · 22 mi
- Glenn County · 25 mi
- Tehama County · 25 mi
- Red Bluff · 27 mi
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