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Quail Spring

Quail Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Quail Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 687 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Fox Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away.

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Coordinates33.55283, -117.46917
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks: 56
  • Bird Houses: 10.5 mi
  • Peace Obelisk: 11.0 mi
  • Made In OC: 11.6 mi
  • The Pacific Promise: 15.2 mi
  • Marie Curie: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 41
Springs: 32
Museums: 22
Nature reserves: 17
Beaches: 16
  • North Beach: 12.6 mi
  • El Portal: 12.6 mi
  • The Pier Beach: 12.7 mi
  • T Street Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Poche Beach: 13.0 mi
Picnic sites: 12
  • Old Corral Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Group Picnic #1: 10.2 mi
  • Vista Point: 11.1 mi
  • Goat Shed Point: 13.7 mi
  • Employee Break Area: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 16.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Quail Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakNNW 341°1,734 m11.5 mi
Modjeska PeakNNW 340°1,675 m12.3 mi
ClarkSE 142°1,527 m12.2 mi
Trabuco PeakN 358°1,401 m10.3 mi
Los Pinos PeakN 359°1,373 m7.7 mi
Horsethief PeakN 4°1,315 m9.3 mi
Pleasants PeakNNW 335°1,211 m18.6 mi
Bald PeakNNW 345°1,197 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2919:02
June solstice05:4119:2720:04
September equinox06:3918:1518:48
December solstice06:5116:0816:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545559636874808177696053
Precip in3.02.81.50.50.20.10.20.10.20.50.62.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elsinore, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Weed's Mariposa Lily8 obs
  • Eastwood's Manzanita5 obs
  • Sticky Dudleya5 obs
  • Chaparral Currant4 obs
  • hoaryleaf ceanothus4 obs
  • many-stemmed dudleya4 obs
  • Warrior's Plume3 obs
  • Bunchleaf Penstemon3 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 node/3938814332

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