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Saputiwah Spring

Saputiwah Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Saputiwah Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 962 m. Frazier Mountain stands 2,442 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bucksnort Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates34.53693, -118.89966

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Whiteacre Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Sulphur Peak: 2.0 mi
  • Devils Heart Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Hopper Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Topatopa Peak: 5.0 mi
Parks
  • Sespe Condor Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
  • Sespe Condor Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
  • Delores Day Park: 9.1 mi
  • Kenney Grove Park: 9.3 mi
  • Shiells Park: 9.4 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Historic sites: 31
  • Dom & Brian's Last Ride Site: 13.3 mi
  • Saint Francis Dam Disaster Memorial: 15.5 mi
  • Tumble Inn: 15.6 mi
  • Knapp Ranch: 17.0 mi
  • Sandberg's Summit Hotel: 17.7 mi
Springs: 30
  • Bucksnort Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Cow Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Dripping Springs: 2.9 mi
  • Borracho Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Pothole Spring: 5.3 mi
Museums: 29
Picnic sites: 28
  • Frenchmans Flat: 10.4 mi
  • Spanish Point: 11.5 mi
  • Upper Rose Valley Lake Day Use Area: 16.1 mi
  • Shady Acres: 16.3 mi
  • Shady Acres: 16.3 mi
Artworks: 12
Gardens: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • White Swift Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Punch Bowl: 10.5 mi
  • Rose Valley Falls: 16.0 mi
  • 33 Falls: 21.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Saputiwah Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Frazier MountainNNW 347°2,442 m16.9 mi
Haddock MountainWNW 287°2,265 m20.3 mi
Alamo MountainNNW 339°2,248 m9.6 mi
Peak 7047NNW 332°2,148 m8.1 mi
Thorn PointWNW 290°2,092 m13.8 mi
McDonald PeakNNW 341°2,090 m7.1 mi
Sewart MountainN 357°2,076 m7.2 mi
Cobblestone MountainNNE 20°2,042 m5.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:08
June solstice05:4419:3520:12
September equinox06:4418:2118:54
December solstice06:5916:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454649526069767772625245
Precip in2.53.72.00.80.40.10.10.10.10.60.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandberg, 17 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs29047834916654.320.58.54.94.47.735.2110

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Sespe C NR Fillmore, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • California Condor15 obs
  • Clubhair Mariposa Lily9 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard7 obs
  • California scrub oak7 obs
  • Hedgerow Hairstreak7 obs
  • Butterfly Mariposa Lily6 obs
  • Variable Checkerspot5 obs
  • Chia5 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/10046247864

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