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Sulphur Springs

Sulphur Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Sulphur Springs is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 329 m. Mount Linn stands 2,464 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Uhl Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
329 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.93161, -122.59402

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
Parks: 19
  • Burris Creek Recreation Area: 13.4 mi
  • Buckhorn Recreation Area: 14.6 mi
  • Grizzly Flat Recreation Area: 15.8 mi
  • Eagle Pass Recreation Area: 15.9 mi
  • Observation Point Recreation Area: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Rattlesnake Firefighter Memorial: 18.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Museums: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Sulphur Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LinnWNW 298°2,464 m15.6 mi
South Yolla BollyWNW 297°2,420 m16.1 mi
Solomon PeakWNW 288°2,306 m20.1 mi
Hammerhorn MountainWNW 284°2,299 m19.5 mi
Black ButteSW 226°2,252 m20.5 mi
Twin PeaksWNW 293°2,247 m14.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 293°2,246 m20.6 mi
Harvey PeakWNW 295°2,221 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4320:0220:43
September equinox06:5918:3319:09
December solstice07:2916:0616:49

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.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs23127322515082.729.98.33.22.88.039.3136

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Elder C NR Paskenta CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • wavy-leafed soap plant1 obs
  • Stearns' Sea Spider1 obs
  • sickle-fruit jewelflower1 obs
  • dimorphic snapdragon1 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/2295436286

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