Moss Ranch Spring
Moss Ranch Spring is a tepid spring in Lake County, roughly 26 miles from Lakeview. The water runs cooler than a bath, warm enough to notice on the hand and no more. Access status is blank on file, and so is the landowner, which puts it firmly in the look-before-you-go category. There is no second name from OpenStreetMap and no chemistry attached.
A short walk, a few hundred feet, separates it from the nearest road, and which road that is, the record leaves out. The elevation is high desert, around forty-five hundred feet. Winter brings close to four feet of snow, enough to make the walk in a different proposition in January than in July. Outside of winter the country is dry.
Aim for the stretch from December to February, which the record marks as best. Nobody wrote down who holds the land or whether the public may use the spring, so check status before walking in. Drake Peak Lookout is the closest camping listed, about fifteen miles out. No fee appears anywhere.
Overview Located on the crest of the Warner Mountain Range at an elevation of 8,222 feet, Drake Peak Lookout hugs the wind-swept land surrounding it, offering unparalleled views into Oregon, California and Nevada. The lookout was built in 1948 and has served as a fire detection site for the surrounding area. Historically, Forest Service personnel lived long seasons in the cabin, scanning the region for lightning, flames, curls of smoke or any other indicator of possible forest fires. At one...
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