Crystal Spring
Drag the handle to compare the two views. The orange dot marks the spring, in a frame about three quarters of a mile wide.
Crystal Spring is a tepid spring in Klamath County, Oregon, six miles or so from Altamont. The water is lukewarm, the kind you notice as warm in cold weather and not otherwise. Nobody has logged an owner or an access status for it, so whether the public can reach it is unsettled. No USGS site number is attached to this one.
Crystal Springs Road runs past a short distance off, under a quarter mile. Mid elevation, dry, with a modest snowpack in winter. Topsy Campground is the camping the record pairs with this spring, twenty-one miles or so away, which is far enough that the pairing is more bookkeeping than recommendation.
The record gives winter as the best season; snowfall is moderate. The water is too cool for a proper soak. Nothing on file establishes who owns the land, and nothing establishes access, so confirm both before driving out. No temperature sample date is listed and no water chemistry exists for the spring.
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 Crystal Spring.
- Setting
- Gentle slope
- The ground tilts gently up to the east.
- Highest ground nearby
- 200 ft above the spring
- Within a quarter mile, to the east
A slice through the ground from west to east, 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 9% 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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Located on the rugged shoreline of the newly restored Klamath River, the Topsy Campground provides a quiet location for relaxing camping, picnicking, fishing, and river boating. The area is set in an open ponderosa pine forest with nearby views of Mount McLoughlin, an icon of the southern Oregon Cascade Mountains.Know Before You Go:Open Season Topsy Campground is open seasonally from May through October.13 Campsites with picnic tables, fire rings, and tent pads; first come, first serve.Univer...
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