Valley View Spring
Valley View Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,456 m. Black Butte stands 2,252 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley View Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1456 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Valley View Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Deer Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Buck Point: 3.0 mi
- Red Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Doe Peak: 4.6 mi
- Commissary Spring: 2.9 mi
- Buck Spring: 3.6 mi
- Hummingbird Spring: 4.8 mi
- Doe Spring: 4.8 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 4.8 mi
- Burris Creek Recreation Area: 14.7 mi
- Grizzly Flat Recreation Area: 16.2 mi
- Buckhorn Recreation Area: 17.0 mi
- Eagle Pass Recreation Area: 18.1 mi
- Observation Point Recreation Area: 18.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 10.6 mi
- Stony Point: 13.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Firefighter Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Plaskett Meadows Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Valley View Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Butte | WSW 252° | 2,252 m | 10.6 mi |
| Anthony Peak | WNW 289° | 2,115 m | 15.8 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SW 230° | 2,053 m | 11.8 mi |
| Buck Rock | WNW 303° | 2,026 m | 16.9 mi |
| Ball Rock | NNW 348° | 2,025 m | 13.6 mi |
| Oven Lid | NNW 341° | 2,021 m | 18.7 mi |
| Uhl Peak | WNW 293° | 2,020 m | 15.6 mi |
| Ball Mountain | NNW 334° | 1,993 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:02 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:07 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 51 | 56 | 64 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 72 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 4.5 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stony Gorge Rsvr, 15 mi away.
- Western Rattlesnake2 obs
- Common Sagebrush Lizard1 obs
- chaparral wild buckwheat1 obs
- Stebbins' tarweed1 obs
- Silver-spotted Tiger Moth1 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12063856669
Day trips start here
- Glenn County · 20 mi
- Corning · 29 mi
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