Tuscan Springs
Tuscan Springs is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 231 m. Barkley Mountain stands 1,364 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tuscan Buttes, a peak 1.8 miles away. 116 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 231 m
How to reach it
116 named places within 25 miles
- Parks of Study and Reflection - Red Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Tehama County Fairgrounds: 6.0 mi
- William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park: 6.7 mi
- William B Ide Adobe State Historical Monumen: 6.8 mi
- Red Bluff Recreation Area: 7.6 mi
- Mud Spring: 4.5 mi
- Ross Gates Spring: 9.5 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 9.7 mi
- Macon Springs: 13.0 mi
- Willow Springs: 13.6 mi
- Tuscan Buttes: 1.8 mi
- Bald Hill: 3.6 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Potato Hill: 6.5 mi
- Round Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Portal: 5.4 mi
- Monolith: 5.4 mi
- Fountain: 5.4 mi
- Anderson Veterans Memorial: 17.5 mi
- California-Oregon Highway Historical Marker: 19.2 mi
- Herbert S. Miles Rest Area: 7.9 mi
- Herbert S. Miles Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- LT. John C. Helmick Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Shingletown Rest Area: 23.5 mi
- Dales Lake Ecological Reserve: 7.3 mi
- Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Clover Creek Preserve: 24.1 mi
- Kelly-Griggs House Museum: 7.9 mi
- Tehama County Museum: 14.8 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 21.8 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 21.9 mi
- Mill Creek Rim: 23.4 mi
- Bonnie Craigs: 24.0 mi
- Discovery Garden: 7.7 mi
- Totem Pole: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tuscan Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barkley Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,364 m | 22.9 mi |
| Flatiron Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,332 m | 24.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | E 94° | 1,231 m | 18.5 mi |
| Digger Butte | NE 52° | 1,212 m | 21.6 mi |
| Black Butte | E 86° | 1,047 m | 17.6 mi |
| Pinnacle Peak | ESE 121° | 988 m | 24.5 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ESE 118° | 982 m | 22.6 mi |
| Blue Mountain | NNE 24° | 937 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:03 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 55 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 80 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.7 | 4.1 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Bluff Muni AP, 10 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Jan, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 315 | 312 | 242 | 218 | 154 | 80.6 | 43.8 | 38.1 | 38.5 | 50.8 | 104 | 222 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Antelope C NR Red Bluff CA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- cowbag clover3 obs
- whitehead navarretia2 obs
- Horned Lark1 obs
- Rock Wren1 obs
- Convergent Lady Beetle1 obs
- valley tassels1 obs
- Johnnytuck1 obs
- bird's-eye gilia1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2295436290
Day trips start here
- Red Bluff · 8 mi
- Tehama County · 10 mi
- Cottonwood · 14 mi
- Anderson · 17 mi
- Corning · 22 mi
- Palo Cedro · 22 mi
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