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Todds Spring

Todds Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Todds Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 630 m. Castle Mountain stands 1,312 m to the northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Harlan Spring, a spring 2.4 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.84850, -120.45324

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Gold Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Mine Mountain: 8.4 mi
  • Castle Mountain: 8.9 mi
  • Mustang Peak: 9.0 mi
  • Table Mountain: 10.7 mi
Parks: 26
  • Crawford W Clarke Memorial Park: 13.9 mi
  • Jazzy Town Park: 14.9 mi
  • San Miguel Community Park: 15.3 mi
  • Mission Park: 15.4 mi
  • Rios-Caledonia Adobe: 15.8 mi
Springs: 20
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 2
  • James Dean Memorial: 12.3 mi
  • San Marcos Mennonite Cemetary: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Big Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 15.8 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Bruce Munro: Light at Sen­so­rio: 16.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Franklin Hot Springs: 20.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle MountainNE 45°1,312 m8.9 mi
Flag PeakN 349°1,210 m23.2 mi
Smith MountainNNW 333°1,188 m17.8 mi
Charley MountainNNW 330°1,180 m23.4 mi
Reason MountainN 349°1,141 m11.0 mi
Mine MountainN 8°1,108 m8.4 mi
Frames PeakNNW 339°1,097 m13.8 mi
Mustang PeakNNE 14°1,096 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4019:14
June solstice05:4719:4420:22
September equinox06:5118:2619:00
December solstice07:0916:1316:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576369737470625347
Precip in2.72.52.40.60.30.00.10.00.10.60.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paso Robles Muni AP, 16 mi away.

  • chamise1 obs
  • wavy-leafed soap plant1 obs
  • purple owl's-clover1 obs
  • creamcups1 obs
  • Big Berry Manzanita1 obs
  • Purple Sanicle1 obs
  • San Benito Thorn-mint1 obs
  • gray pine1 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/3104817443

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