Willow Springs
Willow Springs is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 388 m. Brokeoff Mountain stands 2,814 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Macon Springs, a spring 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 388 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Inskip Hill: 2.6 mi
- Jackass Butte: 2.7 mi
- Soap Butte: 3.2 mi
- Inskip Hill: 4.1 mi
- Black Butte: 4.4 mi
- Macon Springs: 0.6 mi
- Ross Gates Spring: 4.5 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 5.1 mi
- Bluff Springs: 7.8 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 9.9 mi
- Meadow Park: 7.5 mi
- Reading Adobe Historical Marker: 12.6 mi
- Anderson River Park: 16.8 mi
- Cottonwood Historic District: 16.8 mi
- Volonte Park: 18.1 mi
- Anderson Veterans Memorial: 18.1 mi
- Portal: 18.9 mi
- Monolith: 18.9 mi
- Fountain: 18.9 mi
- California-Oregon Highway Historical Marker: 19.6 mi
- Bear Creek Falls: 9.1 mi
- Deadhorse Falls: 15.5 mi
- Clover Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- Bluff Falls: 22.5 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
- Dales Lake Ecological Reserve: 6.6 mi
- Gray Davis Dye Creek Preserve: 20.6 mi
- Clover Creek Preserve: 21.5 mi
- Lema Ranch: 23.6 mi
- Bonnie Craigs: 10.8 mi
- Palisade Cliff: 19.0 mi
- Mill Creek Rim: 20.2 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 23.4 mi
- Totem Pole: 7.4 mi
- Metal Horse: 21.0 mi
- Nur Pon Salmon Run: 24.6 mi
- Shingletown Rest Area: 10.0 mi
- Herbert S. Miles Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Herbert S. Miles Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Sulphur Works: 22.7 mi
- Seismograph: 23.0 mi
- Bumpass Hell: 24.5 mi
- Big Boiler: 24.5 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 24.6 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 24.6 mi
- Discovery Garden: 21.2 mi
- Kelly-Griggs House Museum: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Willow Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brokeoff Mountain | E 81° | 2,814 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Diller | ENE 78° | 2,750 m | 22.4 mi |
| Ski Heil Peak | ENE 78° | 2,721 m | 23.6 mi |
| Pilot Pinnacle | ENE 78° | 2,672 m | 23.0 mi |
| Loomis Peak | ENE 74° | 2,626 m | 22.8 mi |
| Vulcans Castle | ENE 77° | 2,586 m | 23.4 mi |
| Diamond Peak | E 81° | 2,429 m | 23.2 mi |
| Red Rock Mountain | ENE 78° | 2,299 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 38 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 48 | 39 | 33 |
| Precip in | 8.3 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 5.2 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineral, 19 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 696 | 718 | 714 | 638 | 604 | 469 | 321 | 258 | 250 | 280 | 369 | 555 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Battle C BL Coleman Fish Hatchery NR Cottonwood CA, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2295436301
Day trips start here
- Shingletown · 8 mi
- Cottonwood · 17 mi
- Anderson · 18 mi
- Palo Cedro · 18 mi
- Red Bluff · 21 mi
- Tehama County · 23 mi
Take the scenic way to Willow Springs.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.