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Vichy Springs

Vichy Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Vichy Springs is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 244 m. Horse Mountain stands 1,430 m to the northeast, 14 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
244 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.16684, -123.15806
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Perkins/Vichy Springs Russian River Access: 1.6 mi
  • Softball Russian River Access: 1.8 mi
  • Riverside Park: 2.1 mi
  • Ukiah Sports Complex: 2.1 mi
  • Riverside Park Russian River Access: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Perry: 1.9 mi
  • Sheep: 2.7 mi
  • Lorenzo: 3.2 mi
  • Slope: 3.7 mi
  • Ridge: 4.0 mi
Springs: 25
  • Alder Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Black Oak Springs: 6.4 mi
  • Witter Springs: 9.0 mi
  • Laurel Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Madrone Spring: 13.9 mi
Historic sites: 19
  • Vichy Springs: 0.0 mi
  • Betty Louise Tocher: 2.7 mi
  • WM Nelmes Smith Floriculture Building: 2.7 mi
  • Betty J. Tocher: 2.7 mi
  • Redwood Empire Fair Tree Memorial: 2.7 mi
Gardens: 10
  • Temple Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Rain Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Rain Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Vinewood Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Upper Orchard: 11.6 mi
Museums: 5
Artworks: 5
  • Tree Carving: 2.9 mi
  • Tree Carving: 2.9 mi
  • Ukiah Valley - Past, Present & Future: 3.0 mi
  • Ukiah U sign: 4.5 mi
  • Willits "W" Sign: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Ukiah U sign: 4.5 mi
  • Seabiscuit's Grave and Statue: 13.3 mi
  • Real Goods Solar Living Center: 14.0 mi
  • Lucerne Christian Conference Center: 20.5 mi
  • Lopes Cabin: 22.9 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 4
Beaches: 3
  • Boater's Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Laurel Beach: 16.7 mi
  • Dorn beach: 22.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Vichy Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Horse MountainNE 46°1,430 m13.8 mi
Elk MountainNE 56°1,274 m14.3 mi
Pine MountainNNE 32°1,239 m15.1 mi
Garrett MountainNE 36°1,210 m13.3 mi
Youngs PeakENE 75°1,101 m15.0 mi
Charlie Alley PeakENE 77°1,062 m15.7 mi
McCabe PointENE 71°1,060 m14.1 mi
Little Round MountainNE 37°1,039 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4720:0320:43
September equinox07:0118:3619:11
December solstice07:2916:1216:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474952566267737269615146
Precip in7.47.05.32.81.70.40.00.10.22.04.18.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ukiah, 3 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Mar — fullest in Jan, leanest in Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs874870807338162130133147139178201677

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Russian R NR Talmage CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard16 obs
  • California Newt13 obs
  • Diogenes' lantern12 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog11 obs
  • Menzies' baby blue eyes10 obs
  • splitgill mushroom10 obs
  • Mule Deer8 obs
  • Henderson's shooting star8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/141039804

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