Willow Spring
Willow Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 714 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Miller Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Redonda Mesa: 1.5 mi
- Tenaja Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Avenaloca Mesa: 2.8 mi
- Rocky Peak: 3.0 mi
- Rancho Santa Rosa Historic Area: 5.9 mi
- Brown Water Tower: 9.1 mi
- Murrieta Historic Downtown: 9.9 mi
- Skydive Elsinore: 10.3 mi
- Redemption Games: 10.7 mi
- Wildomar OHV Area: 6.6 mi
- Calle Cipres Park: 8.5 mi
- Oak Bluff Park: 8.5 mi
- Cole Canyon Natural Park: 8.6 mi
- Rustic Field Park: 8.6 mi
- Laurel Flag Pole Memorial: 9.2 mi
- Wildomar Elementary School Historic Bell: 9.4 mi
- 9/11 Rock Garden: 10.2 mi
- Honor Garden: 10.3 mi
- Memorial Flags: 10.3 mi
- Mud Springs: 2.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 2.7 mi
- Case Spring: 4.2 mi
- Dobe Spring: 6.0 mi
- White Oak Springs: 6.2 mi
- Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society: 10.4 mi
- Temecula Valley Museum: 12.7 mi
- Pennypickle's Workshop Museum: 12.8 mi
- Surfing Heritage and Culture Center: 13.1 mi
- Wings and Rotors Air Museum: 15.1 mi
- Fallbrook Totem Bird Sculpture: 10.6 mi
- R: 10.9 mi
- A: 10.9 mi
- M: 10.9 mi
- S: 10.9 mi
- Grand Tradition: 11.5 mi
- Prayer Garden: 12.6 mi
- Student Gardens: 12.9 mi
- School Garden: 13.8 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 13.8 mi
- Church: 14.2 mi
- Playa Las Palmeras: 14.9 mi
- Shipwreck Shore: 14.9 mi
- Playa Las Palmeras: 14.9 mi
- T Street Beach: 15.2 mi
- Sylvan Meadows Multi-Use Area: 5.6 mi
- Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve: 7.5 mi
- Los Jilgueros Preserve: 12.0 mi
- Dinwiddie Preserve: 12.5 mi
- Gird Valley Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 4.5 mi
- Ortega Falls: 9.6 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 9.9 mi
- Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 10.5 mi
- Holly Jim Falls: 16.1 mi
- Old Corral Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Employee Break Area: 12.6 mi
- Juror Patio Tables: 15.7 mi
- Group Picnic #1: 17.1 mi
- Vista Point: 17.9 mi
- Willard: 11.5 mi
- Terra Cotta: 14.4 mi
- Leon: 17.9 mi
- Pinacate: 19.9 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 20.1 mi
- Rayzilla Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Rayzilla Viewpoint: 13.4 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Southbound): 15.9 mi
- Aliso Creek Rest Area (Northbound): 16.1 mi
- San Onofre Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Three Arches: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Willow Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | NNW 328° | 1,734 m | 17.6 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | NNW 327° | 1,675 m | 18.4 mi |
| Clark | SSE 161° | 1,527 m | 6.0 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | NNW 337° | 1,401 m | 15.5 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | NNW 334° | 1,373 m | 13.1 mi |
| Horsethief Peak | NNW 339° | 1,315 m | 14.2 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNW 332° | 1,197 m | 20.3 mi |
| San Mateo Peak | N 357° | 1,095 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:27 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:15 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:51 | 16:08 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 68 | 74 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 63 | 57 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fallbrook 5 NE, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 33.2 | 36.2 | 22.1 | 8.9 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 6.0 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge DE Luz C NR DE Luz CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Engelmann oak30 obs
- hoaryleaf ceanothus24 obs
- Western Fence Lizard17 obs
- California Centaury16 obs
- Chalk Dudleya15 obs
- everlasting neststraw14 obs
- California Peony14 obs
- Warrior's Plume13 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/3938814334
Day trips start here
- Fallbrook · 12 mi
- Lake Elsinore · 12 mi
- San Clemente · 14 mi
- Temecula · 14 mi
- San Juan Capistrano · 16 mi
- Dana Point · 19 mi
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