Telegraph Spring
Telegraph Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 721 m. King Peak stands 1,246 m to the east-southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Oat Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.
piped in a tiny stream bed a few feet off the road
How to reach it
114 named places within 25 miles
- Oat Hill: 0.8 mi
- Big Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Hadley Peak: 1.5 mi
- North Slide Peak: 1.8 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Arthur W Way County Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
- Arthur W. Way County Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
- Honeydew Creek Day Use Area: 5.7 mi
- Colline Killmotor: 10.0 mi
- Mal Coombs Park: 14.1 mi
- United States Veterans: 14.1 mi
- Cape Mendocino Lighthouse: 14.1 mi
- Coast Guard Helicopter 6541: 14.1 mi
- Rockefeller Redwood Forest: 17.4 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather: 18.0 mi
- George C. Lindley Memorial Bridge: 9.0 mi
- Flat Iron Tree: 15.7 mi
- Shrine Drive Thru Tree: 18.4 mi
- Dyerville Giant: 18.4 mi
- Founders Tree: 18.6 mi
- Impassable at high tide - Lost Coast Trail: 5.7 mi
- Kaluna Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Duckett Bluff: 18.0 mi
- Point No Pass: 19.3 mi
- Thompson Bluff: 20.6 mi
- Mattole Beach: 10.1 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 12.2 mi
- Dyerville River Bar: 18.8 mi
- Lost Coast: 19.8 mi
- Jones Beach: 20.9 mi
- Mattole Canyon State Marine Reserve: 13.7 mi
- Bull Creek State Wilderness: 15.7 mi
- Bull Creek State Wilderness: 15.9 mi
- Humboldt Redwoods State Park: 17.1 mi
- Carl "A" Anderson Redwoods Natural Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Big Trees Day Use Area: 15.7 mi
- Blue Slide Day Use Area: 16.1 mi
- Garden Club of America Grove Day Use Area: 17.7 mi
- Williams Grove Day Use Area: 17.9 mi
- Dyerville Overlook: 18.8 mi
- Miller Spring: 3.2 mi
- Bonus Spring: 3.3 mi
- Pepperwood Spring: 12.5 mi
- Bureau of Land Management Lands: 12.5 mi
- Mario Machi: 14.1 mi
- Cape Mendocino Light: 14.1 mi
- Scotia Fisheries Museum: 20.3 mi
- Elephant Rock: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Telegraph Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Peak | ESE 120° | 1,246 m | 5.3 mi |
| South Rainbow Peak | NNE 26° | 1,078 m | 11.4 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | ENE 63° | 1,071 m | 24.2 mi |
| North Slide Peak | ESE 118° | 1,060 m | 1.8 mi |
| Taylor Peak | N 358° | 1,030 m | 12.6 mi |
| Grasshopper Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,028 m | 14.5 mi |
| Rainbow Peak | N 10° | 1,026 m | 13.9 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | SE 130° | 1,003 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:10 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:12 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 53 | 54 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 61 | 56 | 53 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelter Cove Aviation, 13 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Mar — fullest in Jan, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 3,337 | 2,914 | 2,289 | 1,212 | 522 | 213 | 80.4 | 45.3 | 49.9 | 193 | 1,147 | 2,788 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mattole R NR Petrolia CA, 9 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/10938978931
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