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Rocky Cabin Spring

Rocky Cabin Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Rocky Cabin Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,900 m. Mount Linn stands 2,464 m to the northwest, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cold Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1900 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.95432, -122.73972

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
  • Ball Rock: 0.9 mi
  • Ball Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Round Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Brush Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Red Mountain: 4.7 mi
Parks: 7
  • Burris Creek Recreation Area: 20.6 mi
  • Buckhorn Recreation Area: 22.1 mi
  • Grizzly Flat Recreation Area: 22.9 mi
  • Eagle Pass Recreation Area: 23.4 mi
  • Observation Point Recreation Area: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Indian Dick Forest Service Station: 17.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Firefighter Memorial: 20.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Rocky Cabin Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LinnNW 313°2,464 m8.3 mi
South Yolla BollyNW 312°2,420 m8.8 mi
North Yolla Bolly MountainsNW 324°2,381 m20.8 mi
Solomon PeakWNW 292°2,306 m12.3 mi
Hammerhorn MountainWNW 286°2,299 m11.6 mi
Black ButteSSW 204°2,252 m17.2 mi
Twin PeaksNW 305°2,247 m7.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 299°2,246 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4320:0320:44
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:3016:0716:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454851566472787772625144
Precip in4.54.02.81.41.10.50.10.10.10.92.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stony Gorge Rsvr, 28 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2295412280

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