Sulphur Lick
Sulphur Lick is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 604 m. Locke Peak stands 2,182 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Brushy Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 604 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Brushy Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Promontory Point: 2.9 mi
- Pinnacle Peak: 3.7 mi
- Campbell Mound: 4.4 mi
- Iron Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Upper Bidwell Park: 17.4 mi
- Hancock Park: 17.5 mi
- DeGarmo Community Park: 18.0 mi
- Wildwood Park: 18.0 mi
- Rotary Centennial Park: 18.0 mi
- Bennett Spring: 2.4 mi
- Bell Spring: 2.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.3 mi
- Root Spring: 6.8 mi
- Emigrant Spring: 7.6 mi
- Chico Air Museum: 15.9 mi
- Tehama County Museum: 18.8 mi
- Depot Museum: 20.2 mi
- Museum of Northern California Art: 20.2 mi
- Gateway Science Museum: 20.4 mi
- IN HONOR OF ALL CHICO AREA VETERANS: 17.9 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Bidwell Mansion: 20.5 mi
- Chico Community Labyrinth: 20.5 mi
- IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kristina Chesterman 1992-2013: 20.6 mi
- Downtown Kaleidoscope: 20.6 mi
- Monoliths: 20.6 mi
- Chico State Flame: 20.6 mi
- Ring Roll: 20.7 mi
- Three Sisters: 20.7 mi
- Steamboat Point: 7.2 mi
- Mill Creek Rim: 13.9 mi
- East China Point: 16.0 mi
- Elephant Butte: 23.8 mi
- Cape Horn: 24.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 20.5 mi
- Mary Lemcke Camellia Garden: 20.6 mi
- George Petersen Rose Garden: 20.7 mi
- Chico Seed Orchard: 21.9 mi
- Discovery Garden: 24.8 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
- Philbrook Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Five Mile: 18.0 mi
- Elam Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Lower Deer Creek Falls: 14.1 mi
- Deer Creek Falls: 18.3 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 19.0 mi
- Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve: 13.7 mi
- Deer Creek Preserve: 13.9 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Soto: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Sulphur Lick. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locke Peak | ENE 70° | 2,182 m | 20.5 mi |
| Eagle Rocks | ENE 63° | 2,149 m | 21.2 mi |
| Humboldt Peak | ENE 64° | 2,147 m | 19.9 mi |
| Snow Mountain | E 81° | 2,127 m | 18.6 mi |
| Humboldt Summit | ENE 61° | 2,085 m | 19.0 mi |
| Turner Mountain | NNE 23° | 2,083 m | 20.7 mi |
| Spring Valley Mountain | E 91° | 2,081 m | 20.6 mi |
| Lyons Peak | NNE 19° | 2,022 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:59 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:03 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 45 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 60 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 11.9 | 11.8 | 9.6 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 13.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — DE Sabla, 13 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 528 | 632 | 594 | 531 | 384 | 197 | 117 | 97.7 | 94.0 | 111 | 186 | 383 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Deer C NR Vina CA, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2295412291
Day trips start here
- Chico · 19 mi
- Corning · 23 mi
- Tehama County · 26 mi
- Red Bluff · 27 mi
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