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Supans Springs

Supans Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Supans Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,156 m. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the north-northeast, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Tophet Springs, a spring less than a tenth of a mile away.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.45016, -121.53518

Named places within 25 miles

Springs: 38
Cliffs: 10
Waterfalls: 7
  • Mill Creek Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Bluff Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Kings Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Deadhorse Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Deer Creek Falls: 17.2 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Sulphur Works: 0.1 mi
  • Bumpass Hell: 1.8 mi
  • Devils Kitchen: 5.3 mi
  • Devastated Area: 5.9 mi
  • Seismograph: 6.1 mi
Hot springs: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Kings Creek Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Elam Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
  • Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Old Station Day Use Area: 16.2 mi
Parks: 4
  • Meadow Park: 18.6 mi
  • Chester Park: 18.7 mi
  • Dig It Meadow: 19.2 mi
  • Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Nature reserves: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Mount Harkness Lookout: 12.4 mi
  • Fort Maxwell: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Totem Pole: 18.7 mi
Museums: 1
  • Chester-Lake Almanor Museum: 18.9 mi
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Supans Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lassen PeakNNE 31°3,187 m3.1 mi
Brokeoff MountainWSW 256°2,814 m1.3 mi
Eagle PeakNNE 24°2,811 m2.1 mi
Mount DillerNNW 332°2,750 m1.1 mi
Ski Heil PeakNNE 23°2,721 m1.7 mi
Mount HelenNE 51°2,694 m2.2 mi
Pilot PinnacleN 5°2,672 m1.3 mi
Bumpass MountainENE 68°2,664 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:18
June solstice05:3720:0020:41
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2716:0016:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323235394855636257463731
Precip in6.55.56.44.32.91.30.30.30.72.74.76.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manzanita Lake, 7 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Lassen Volcanic National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Dec and Mar; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

  • Purple Mountain-heath309 obs
  • Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel206 obs
  • mountain hemlock183 obs
  • Satin lupine161 obs
  • Mountain Pride146 obs
  • woolly mule's ears140 obs
  • Davis' knotweed140 obs
  • bush chinquapin134 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/12779982787

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