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Poulsen Spring

Poulsen Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Poulsen Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,913 m. Eagle Peak stands 3,016 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Lanning Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Buckhorn Back Country Byway passes 22 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.99808, -120.37745
Around it

56 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 46
  • Olson Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • McDonald Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Mitchell Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Cochran Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Three Peaks: 6.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Lanning Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Pilgrim Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Deer Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Eagleville Hot Springs: 22.2 mi
  • Rowland Spring: 24.9 mi
Parks: 2
  • Madeline Plains Waterfowl Management Area: 8.4 mi
  • Infernal Caverns Battleground Memorial Monument: 21.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Mill Creek Falls: 20.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Modoc Natural Bridge: 22.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Poulsen Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakNNE 25°3,016 m21.8 mi
Emerson PeakNNE 34°2,724 m19.9 mi
Cole PeakNNE 29°2,723 m22.1 mi
Hat MountainNE 52°2,665 m16.7 mi
Buck MountainNE 46°2,625 m14.0 mi
Red Rock MountainNE 53°2,593 m15.7 mi
Horse MountainNE 40°2,588 m19.7 mi
Bearcamp MountainNE 35°2,576 m19.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3819:14
June solstice05:3019:5620:38
September equinox06:5018:2419:00
December solstice07:2415:5316:37

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323337414957656558483831
Precip in1.91.61.92.42.81.50.40.40.61.11.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jess Valley, 19 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Brown's Peony1 obs
  • newberry's cinquefoil1 obs
  • Boreal Bluet1 obs
  • Wapiti1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/88841395

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