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Oct

Howel Mountain Spring, Angwin, CA

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Description:

There is a pipe coming out of the right side of the road just before you see the mailbox with the address above. If your coming from St. Helena this water source is a little closer than Rattlesnake Spring and chances are the wait will also be less since it does not get as much traffic. The water is very clean and good tasting. I haven’t been to Rattlesnake Spring but someone who I talked with who has been to both said they taste similar. I have not tested the water but would like to do that in the future.

Nearest Address

1416 Howell Mountain Road

Directions from Nearest Address

If you are coming from 29/Sonoma Calistoga you want to pass downtown Angwin. You want to go a couple of miles and look to your right to find the pipe coming out of the side of the road with a wood plank on the ground. You’ve just passed it if you see the mailboxes on your left starting with the address 1435. You can see the pipes and wood plank if you view Google street view very carefully.

Vital Information

  • Fee: No Fee
  • Access: Public
  • Flow: Continuous
  • TDS: 39
  • Temp: N/A
  • pH: N/A

Hours Spring is Open:

There are no hours of operation.

GPS: N/A

Map Link: Howel Mountain Spring Map

Submitted by: Ron Kline

Category : California / USA
  • Name

    The water from this spring is delicious, I didn't measure the temperature but it seemed a bit cooler than the rattlesnake spring. Only thing is it's not very convenient to get water from since there's no shoulder on the road but hey, that pretty much ensures no waiting time!

  • Name

    The water from this spring is delicious, I didn't measure the temperature but it seemed a bit cooler than the rattlesnake spring. Only thing is it's not very convenient to get water from since there's no shoulder on the road but hey, that pretty much ensures no waiting time!

  • Mike

    I like this spring a lot. I have been here 3 times and there has never been a wait. In fact i have never seen anyone else at the spring. I'm not here for long though. I usually fill up 15 – 20 gallons or so and am back on the road in 15 minutes. The water here is very fast flowing. A 5 gallon jug will fill in less than 5 minutes. The one time I was at rattlesnake, just filling a 5 gallon jug took over 30 minutes!! There is a shoulder area where you can park about 100 feet or so up the hill. So you will need to park there and walk down the hill. The listing has a typo. The name of the town is actually Angwin.

  • charles

    Great spring. The water tested a TDS at 39. The collection process is somewhat unfortunate as it is some distance from where you can safely park a car and the traffic near the spring can be dangerous. Be alert during the harvesting process. Located in a gorgeous area though!

  • Redtail_turtle

    I went to this spring from Napa last week and filled-up two five gallon containers in about 10 min.. A little tricky carrying them up the road about 100' to my car, but doable if you're in decent shape, i.e. carrying 40 lbs. this distance. The water tasted great and my whole family has been enjoying it. Beats Napa's nasty tasting tap water by a mile. Takes about 40 min. from Napa to get there on way. Looks like the water should be safe to drink, since a forest sits on top of the hill and a few houses near by are hooked up to the spring, but I don't know if they filter it first.

  • Max

    Despite it being a walking distance from a good parking space, once you reach this spring you are safely on the side of the road. I drank nothing but this water for two weeks and felt great! This water tastes amazing and fills up very quickly.

  • Dave

    Hey. So I finally made it here today. Just to clarify for folks who are from out of town. There is no such thing as “Anders, CA.' The town is called “Angwin.” Maybe there's a local diminutive or something, but Angwin is what you get on a map. Also, the directions from Google brought me to Anderson Road somewhere out there. . .not helpful. I took Dry Creek til it turned into Howell Mountain Road then past the stop sign at the Chevron station (just past the college) the road climbs, and after it crests you start to descend a mile or two, and it's between 1400 & 1435. Pretty easy to spot on the right going down the mountain, but yes, a good turn-off is a little bit of a walk. . .

    The water tasted good to me, but I'm not so sure about the metal grate that is almost entirely rusted away. It's not mine to remove, but I can't imagine it adds much to the water. I filled my jug from the upper pipe as much as I could and just topped it off from the bottom one. Dunno, but looking forward to gulping this stuff down.

    Really fun being a water tourist!

    D

  • Debbie

    Hi Folks!
    You now can get SPRING water coming out of your TAP WATER!!! For real!! Please watch this movie on water!!
    Please watch as soon as possible because this is at least the 2nd time they’ve taken it out! Don’t know how much longer it’ll be there! It is just on water!! Not put out by any company selling anything. It’s a documentary on WATER and its many properties: such as memory and biophotonic energy! Our units have all the properties of spring water and its energy! Even more energy! It is 10 parts long…this is just part 1!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvvTf-Sx2xs&feature=related

    Water has to have HIGH ENERGETICS! Spring water does, but you can now get it out of your TAP! NO MOVING PARTS! No magnets! Designed by a phycisist that worked for the Military working on Cloaking technology!! LIFETIME WARRANTY! IT MIMICs 10-15 miles of running stream water going over rocks creating 1000′s of vortices! For more info email me!! Tigger_eyes_here and I use yahoo. so tigger_eyes_here {at}yahoo{dot}com. YOU SHOULD SEE OUR GARDEN!! ANIMALS will choose this water although I would love to do a test between this spring water and our water!! So someone w/a dog please email me with this spring water and let’s do a test!!!

    BTW David Wolfe is getting a DVD about this soon. HIs secretary AVOCADESS is excited about it because it will save her lots of gas and lots of $$!!!!

    The owner of this company was at the LONGEVITY conference and he met up w/the LIVER DR and they did a DARK FIELD BLOOD analysis. I have before and after photos from just 10 minutes after drinking this water!!

    YOU CAN SEE THE WHITE SCALE come out of your pipes when you first install it sometimes! THAT MEANS it’s working! Also it will do that TO YOUR BODY…it can remove EXCESS BAD CALCIIUM, etc!!!

    To SPRING WATER COMING FROM YOUR TAP!!!
    Debbie

  • Feralkevin

    Went there 10/11/10. Flow rate wasn’t gushing like a Mt Shasta, but was more than adequate. Water tasted really good, but not amazing. Temperature not that cold. There is a larger pipe where the water first emerges and that’s where I filled my 1 gallon bottles up at. Looking down into the the basin not only was there a rusted grate, but lots of other rusted debris. So I did not get water from the lower pipe (only the upper), so beware of this if you bring very large bottles. As even my 1 gallon bottle (which worked great) I had to tilt it in order to fill it on the upper pipe.

  • Hoi Sauce

    went to this spring 12/15/10. The water tasted good but when you look inside the pipe, you see rust and crud. When I filled my jug, I could see bits of debris in the water.Aren’t people worried about drinking that? Tested 31ppm.

    I bet you the water would be good if you went directly to the fissure. Anyone know where that may be and how to identify it?

  • name

    Drove up from Berkeley to the spring today, got 22 gallons in less than 20 minutes. This was my first trip. The water tastes delicious and is cold. There was some debris in basin which leads to the lower spout. Going to bring a copper pipe to bypass the lower spout and fill up that way.

    The directions written by Dave below are very helpful.

  • crowe1

    went up to howell today and found that the water had a transparent cloudy white hue, I have been before and found great clear water but today I left without collecting. It was a little too odd. Maybe just a lot of minerals. Please post if you notice this

  • http://www.internetmarketingluv.com Eleanore Duyndam

    My son and I went to this spring on the day before Easter. It’s easy to find. Only 2 cars passed us while we were there. The water is delicious…and slightly sweet. The water was very, very clear (no cloudiness as mentioned in the comment below). RE: cloudy/milky looking water – I did notice that the above ground surface stream water in the Santa Rosa area this winter had a milky appearance. The only other time I’ve seen water like that was at the glaciers in New Zealand. I really don’t know what is causing it in Sonoma.

  • Jennifer

    My daughter and I found this spring the beginning of October, 2011. Seems fast-flowing, clear and cold. I’ve been drinking this water for about 3 weeks now, and feel great. The pipe does look rusted, though, I wonder if that affects the water quality. I can’t tell by the taste, it is delicious to me.