Popcorn Spring
Popcorn Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 998 m. Shastarama Point stands 3,394 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Burstarse Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Hubris: 1.8 mi
- Castle Dome: 2.2 mi
- Middle Peak: 3.2 mi
- Mount Bradley: 4.5 mi
- Grey Rocks: 5.2 mi
- Burstarse Falls: 0.6 mi
- Root Creek Falls: 2.5 mi
- Faery Falls: 6.2 mi
- Hedge Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Mossbrae Falls: 7.0 mi
- Riverside Day Use Area: 3.7 mi
- Ney Springs River Access: 7.0 mi
- Cantara Loop River Access: 7.0 mi
- Pollard Flat Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Cougar Park Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Indian Springs: 2.3 mi
- Fern Spring: 3.1 mi
- Picayune Spring: 8.5 mi
- White Ridge Spring: 8.9 mi
- Shasta View Spring: 10.5 mi
- Castle Crags State Park: 0.9 mi
- Tauhindauli Park: 5.8 mi
- Shastice Park: 10.8 mi
- Mount Shasta City Park: 10.8 mi
- Hoo Hoo Park: 13.6 mi
- Battle Rock: 3.1 mi
- Monroe Memorial: 10.8 mi
- Mount Eddy Lookout Tower Ruins: 11.5 mi
- Everett Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Old fire lookout foundation: 13.3 mi
- Siskiyou Arts Museum: 5.6 mi
- Sisson Museum: 9.5 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 13.1 mi
- Weed Museum: 17.3 mi
- Scott Museum: 21.5 mi
- Castle Crags: 1.5 mi
- Cosmic Wall: 1.8 mi
- Red Banks: 17.7 mi
- Red Banks: 17.8 mi
- Lakehead Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Siskiyou Art Musuem: 5.6 mi
- 1727 Class M6: 5.9 mi
- Lake Siskiyou Beach: 7.2 mi
- Sisson Meadow: 10.2 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Popcorn Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shastarama Point | NNE 32° | 3,393.9 m | 17.1 mi |
| Casaval Ridge | NNE 28° | 3,187.9 m | 16.6 mi |
| Green Butte | NNE 32° | 2,802 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mount Eddy | NNW 330° | 2,751 m | 11.5 mi |
| China Mountain | NW 322° | 2,606 m | 17.7 mi |
| Red Butte | NE 37° | 2,553.3 m | 16.1 mi |
| South China Mountain | NW 318° | 2,505 m | 17.3 mi |
| Gray Butte | NE 37° | 2,471.3 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:05 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:00 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 45 | 39 |
| Precip in | 11.1 | 10.5 | 9.2 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 6.9 | 12.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dunsmuir Trtmt PL, 5 mi away.
- sugarstick29 obs
- Umbrella Plant23 obs
- serpentine fern16 obs
- California yerba santa14 obs
- Tanoak14 obs
- western azalea13 obs
- Pine Violet12 obs
- canyon live oak11 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/12373798109
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