Valley Springs
Valley Springs is a tepid spring in Calaveras County, less than two miles outside the town that shares its name. The water is in the mid-seventies. It is right at the roadside, and Oak Knoll Campground is close by. Who owns it and if the public can go in are unrecorded. A photo is on file, which helps a little with knowing what you are looking for.
Low foothills at about 650 feet, wet winters, hardly any snow. Twenty-one feet from the roadway, which is unnamed in the record. No agency claims it in our data. Oak Knoll Campground lies a mile and a bit away, which is closer than most camps in this set.
the record points to winter. Roadside. Camp at Oak Knoll. No fee or access status on file. Tepid water, so this is a look-and-see spot. Sort out ownership before you go, since the town is right there and somebody will know.
Aircraft with laser scanners measured this ground to within inches. The scan strips out trees and buildings, leaving the bare shape of the land around Valley Springs.
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
- Setting
- Open ground
- Flat, open ground all around.
- Highest ground nearby
- 61 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the northwest
A slice through the ground from northwest to southeast, about 0.6 miles end to end.
Elevation data: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map. Public domain.
That's close to the US average of 65. It's higher than at 14% of the springs on this site.
Heat flow measures the warmth working its way up through the ground from deep inside the earth. Where it runs high, rain and snowmelt that seep down through cracks in the rock come back up hot.
See every spring on the geothermal heat map →
Heat flow estimate: Stanford Thermal Earth Model (Aljubran & Horne, 2024), CC BY 4.0.
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Overview Oak Knoll Campground sits along New Hogan Lake in the brush-covered foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.Recreation Boating is a popular pastime, with boat ramps conveniently located around the lake. The large surface area allows for plenty of water skiing, wake boarding, jet skiing and more. Year-round fishing for stripers, bass, crappie, bluegill and catfish is perfect for experts and beginners alike. Some of the largest fish are found in less than 25 feet of water. The "Rive...
Valley Springs is road-accessible, so you can bring more gear.
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