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Shrewsburg Spring

Shrewsburg Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Shrewsburg Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 911 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-southeast, 3.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Harding Canyon Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
911 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.73307, -117.59616

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Attractions
  • Trabuco Fliers Club: 4.9 mi
  • Tom's Mining Company: 6.8 mi
  • Shooting Gallery: 6.8 mi
  • Tractor Driving: 6.8 mi
  • Train Ride: 6.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
Nature reserves: 39
Springs: 36
Beaches: 21
Picnic sites: 13
  • Goat Shed Point: 1.8 mi
  • Vista Point: 4.7 mi
  • Group Picnic #1: 5.7 mi
  • Coyote Corner Group Area: 9.5 mi
  • Deer Den Group Area: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 12
Cliffs: 7
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.0 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.4 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 14.8 mi
  • Norco Bluffs: 15.5 mi
  • Coyote Bluff: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Three Arches: 18.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Santiago PeakESE 114°1,734 m3.9 mi
Modjeska PeakESE 107°1,675 m3.1 mi
Trabuco PeakESE 107°1,401 m7.3 mi
Los Pinos PeakESE 123°1,373 m8.6 mi
Horsethief PeakESE 112°1,315 m8.5 mi
Pleasants PeakN 352°1,211 m4.4 mi
Bald PeakENE 66°1,197 m3.8 mi
Bedford PeakNNE 24°1,161 m2.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:3019:02
June solstice05:4119:2820:05
September equinox06:3918:1618:49
December solstice06:5216:0816:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F595961646771757675716458
Precip in2.73.51.70.90.30.00.10.00.10.60.82.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Irvine RCH, 7 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs14.628.318.55.82.91.20.30.10.10.21.15.3

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Santiago C A Modjeska CA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • California Newt116 obs
  • chaparral yucca76 obs
  • California Tree Frog64 obs
  • Pacific pea54 obs
  • western sycamore52 obs
  • Felt Paintbrush51 obs
  • chaparral beardtongue49 obs
  • hoaryleaf ceanothus49 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/9074780462

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