Soda Spring
Soda Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,805 m. Highland Peak stands 3,324 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Grover Hot Springs, a spring 0.2 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 3.5 miles off.
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 18.8 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 24.9 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 23 mi
- Cave Rock · 25 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 25 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hawkins Peak: 3.2 mi
- Thornburg Peak: 3.3 mi
- Markleeville Peak: 3.7 mi
- Da-ek Dow Go-et Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Pickett Peak: 5.1 mi
- Turtle Rock County Park: 3.0 mi
- Markleeville Library Park: 3.5 mi
- Elizabeth Coyan Park: 3.7 mi
- Heritage Park and Nature Area: 3.7 mi
- Indian Creek Recreation Lands: 4.2 mi
- Grover Hot Springs: 0.2 mi
- Hot Spring: 8.3 mi
- Hot Tub: 8.3 mi
- Hot Spring: 9.7 mi
- Dowd Springs: 12.6 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 4.3 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 5.0 mi
- Detox Wall: 11.3 mi
- Distillery Wall: 11.3 mi
- Machado Postpile: 13.4 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 6.5 mi
- Old Jail: 7.6 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 7.7 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 7.7 mi
- Barney Riley: 10.8 mi
- Carson Falls: 16.9 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 17.5 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 18.1 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 21.0 mi
- Genoa Falls: 21.1 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 0.3 mi
- Linder Grove: 12.6 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 13.6 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 15.4 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 16.4 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 16.8 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 17.6 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 18.5 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 19.0 mi
- Pope Beach: 19.2 mi
- Kiva Beach: 20.1 mi
- Nevada Beach: 20.3 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 19.8 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 21.0 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 22.1 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 22.1 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 24.6 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 3.4 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 17.8 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 18.2 mi
- Baldwin Home: 19.9 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 21.3 mi
- Peep Sight: 14.1 mi
- St Theresa: 18.0 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Soda Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Peak | SSE 155° | 3,324 m | 11.7 mi |
| Freel Peak | NNW 345° | 3,305 m | 11.4 mi |
| Jobs Sister | N 350° | 3,299 m | 11.6 mi |
| Silver Peak | SSE 153° | 3,283 m | 10.3 mi |
| Jobs Peak | N 356° | 3,233 m | 11.1 mi |
| Round Top | WSW 254° | 3,164 m | 8.7 mi |
| The Sisters | WSW 255° | 3,094 m | 9.0 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | W 278° | 3,067 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 31 | 36 | 40 | 48 | 55 | 62 | 60 | 54 | 46 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake Tahoe AP, 16 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 182 | 207 | 300 | 590 | 1,137 | 965 | 377 | 132 | 80.7 | 79.2 | 102 | 134 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge E FK Carson RV Blw Markleeville CK NR Markleeville, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Snowplant47 obs
- scarlet monkeyflower43 obs
- One-seeded Pussypaws34 obs
- Western Fence Lizard30 obs
- tall evening primrose25 obs
- common yarrow24 obs
- Big deervetch23 obs
- foothill deathcamas23 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7330968214
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 24 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 29 mi
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