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Valentine Spring

Valentine Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Valentine Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,677 m. Mount Linn stands 2,464 m to the west-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Love Cabin Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1677 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.05683, -122.75978

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
  • Oven Lid: 2.7 mi
  • Elkhorn Peak: 3.2 mi
  • Franklin Point: 4.3 mi
  • Mount Linn: 5.2 mi
  • South Yolla Bolly: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Indian Dick Forest Service Station: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Parks: 1
  • Ridgeway Park: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Valentine Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LinnWSW 254°2,464 m5.2 mi
South Yolla BollyWSW 257°2,420 m5.7 mi
North Yolla Bolly MountainsNW 311°2,381 m14.8 mi
Black Rock MountainNW 308°2,367 m16.7 mi
Solomon PeakWSW 257°2,306 m10.6 mi
Hammerhorn MountainWSW 249°2,299 m10.8 mi
Twin PeaksWSW 240°2,247 m5.7 mi
Sugarloaf MountainW 266°2,246 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4320:0320:44
September equinox06:5918:3419:10
December solstice07:3016:0616:50

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, 28 mi away.

  • chamise1 obs
  • Johnnytuck1 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2295436294

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