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Rambo Spring

Rambo Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Rambo Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 558 m. San Benito Mountain stands 1,597 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is McMillan Spring, a spring 1.4 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.07327, -120.65006

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 15
Parks: 13
Historic sites: 7
  • Car: 22.0 mi
  • Outhouse: 22.6 mi
  • Vehicle: 23.3 mi
  • Exploratory Mine Shaft: 23.5 mi
  • Bus: 23.9 mi
Museums: 3
Rest areas: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Laguna falls: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Benito MountainN 1°1,597 m20.5 mi
Santa Rita PeakN 8°1,560 m19.1 mi
Condon PeakN 6°1,514 m16.9 mi
San Carlos PeakN 359°1,472 m22.0 mi
Alta PeakN 358°1,428 m19.7 mi
Picacho PeakN 354°1,395 m18.9 mi
Dominic PeakN 353°1,389 m18.2 mi
Wright MountainNNE 20°1,387 m18.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:4719:4520:24
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:1016:1316:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454749536067737469594944
Precip in4.94.23.71.30.70.10.10.00.10.91.43.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Priest Valley, 8 mi away.

  • gray pine3 obs
  • Wild Turkey2 obs
  • deerweed2 obs
  • Mourning Dove1 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow1 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog1 obs
  • Foothill Yellow-legged Frog1 obs
  • Common Garter Snake1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4516249590

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