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Sulphur Spring

Sulphur Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Sulphur Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 540 m. Mount Linn stands 2,464 m to the southwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hensley Springs, a spring 1.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
540 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.11762, -122.71037

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Rocky Peak: 2.1 mi
  • Elkhorn Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Greasewood Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Stevenson Peak: 3.3 mi
  • Franklin Point: 5.2 mi
Springs: 56
Cliffs: 2
Parks: 2
  • Ridgeway Park: 21.4 mi
  • Trainor Park: 24.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Indian Dick Forest Service Station: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Sulphur Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LinnSW 234°2,464 m9.4 mi
South Yolla BollySW 236°2,420 m9.8 mi
North Yolla Bolly MountainsWNW 291°2,381 m14.9 mi
Black Rock MountainWNW 291°2,367 m16.9 mi
Solomon PeakWSW 243°2,306 m14.6 mi
Hammerhorn MountainWSW 238°2,299 m15.0 mi
Twin PeaksSW 227°2,247 m10.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWSW 249°2,246 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4320:0320:44
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:3016:0616:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475155606876828075655347
Precip in4.74.12.91.51.20.40.10.10.21.02.54.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Bluff Muni AP, 24 mi away.

  • Monarch1 obs
  • California scrub oak1 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/2295436283

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