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Twin Springs

Twin Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Twin Springs is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,255 m. Mount Linn stands 2,464 m to the west-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Pepperwood Spring, a spring 1.6 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1255 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.00071, -122.68750

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
  • Brush Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Red Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Franklin Point: 3.2 mi
  • Ball Rock: 3.5 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 5.6 mi
Parks: 8
  • Burris Creek Recreation Area: 20.3 mi
  • Buckhorn Recreation Area: 21.5 mi
  • Ridgeway Park: 22.5 mi
  • Grizzly Flat Recreation Area: 22.7 mi
  • Observation Point Recreation Area: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Indian Dick Forest Service Station: 20.2 mi
  • Rattlesnake Firefighter Memorial: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Twin Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LinnWNW 286°2,464 m9.2 mi
South Yolla BollyWNW 286°2,420 m9.7 mi
North Yolla Bolly MountainsNW 312°2,381 m20.3 mi
Black Rock MountainNW 310°2,367 m22.1 mi
Solomon PeakW 276°2,306 m14.3 mi
Hammerhorn MountainW 270°2,299 m13.9 mi
Black ButteSSW 207°2,252 m21.3 mi
Twin PeaksW 277°2,247 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:23
June solstice05:4320:0320:44
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:3016:0616:49

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, 25 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, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2295436291

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