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Sheep Camp Spring

Sheep Camp Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Sheep Camp Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,206 m. Brokeoff Mountain stands 2,814 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wible Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1206 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.24843, -121.70594

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Round Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Black Butte: 3.9 mi
  • Lyons Peak: 5.1 mi
  • Turner Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Barkley Mountain: 6.1 mi
Springs: 52
Waterfalls: 7
  • Deadhorse Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Lower Deer Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Deer Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Bluff Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls: 16.7 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Sulphur Works: 16.5 mi
  • Bumpass Hell: 18.0 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 19.6 mi
  • Seismograph: 21.3 mi
  • Devastated Area: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Hot springs: 5
Picnic sites: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Fort Maxwell: 23.3 mi
  • Mount Harkness Lookout: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Totem Pole: 19.3 mi
Parks: 1
  • Meadow Park: 19.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Sheep Camp Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brokeoff MountainNNE 29°2,814 m15.6 mi
Eagle PeakNNE 32°2,811 m18.6 mi
Mount DillerNNE 30°2,750 m17.1 mi
Ski Heil PeakNNE 32°2,721 m18.3 mi
Mount HelenNE 35°2,694 m18.7 mi
Pilot PinnacleNNE 31°2,672 m17.7 mi
Bumpass MountainNE 36°2,664 m18.3 mi
Loomis PeakNNE 27°2,626 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:19
June solstice05:3820:0020:41
September equinox06:5518:3019:06
December solstice07:2716:0116:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333538424957636257483933
Precip in8.38.37.64.12.81.10.20.20.52.75.29.2

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

  • callahan's mariposa lily2 obs
  • Black-headed Grosbeak1 obs
  • Cliff Swallow1 obs
  • chicory1 obs
  • Questionable Stropharia1 obs
  • Whiteleaf Manzanita1 obs
  • Common Sagebrush Lizard1 obs
  • musk stork's-bill1 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2295412287

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