Kern Hot Spring
Kern Hot Spring is a hot spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,095 m. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the northeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Chagoopa Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away.
The story
Spring in Tulare County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49725528, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Anna Mills: 3.1 mi
- Mount Guyot: 3.2 mi
- Mount Kaweah: 5.2 mi
- Johnson Peak: 5.7 mi
- Second Kaweah: 6.1 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 17.7 mi
- How the West Was Won (movie site): 17.9 mi
- Gunga Din (movie site): 17.9 mi
- Tremors (movie site): 18.0 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 18.1 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 8.9 mi
- Soda Spring: 9.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.6 mi
- River Spring: 17.1 mi
- Iron Spring: 18.0 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 7.6 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 10.7 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 11.1 mi
- Alles Cabin: 14.9 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 15.4 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 0.8 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
- Volcano Falls: 8.7 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 10.4 mi
- Natural Arch: 8.4 mi
- Natural Bridge: 8.4 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 16.3 mi
- Palette Arch: 17.7 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 17.8 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 21.8 mi
- Kado's Garden: 22.0 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 22.0 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 22.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.1 mi
- Window Cliffs: 6.1 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 11.3 mi
- Valhalla: 11.9 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 17.7 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 17.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 20.5 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 20.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 21.0 mi
- Merritt Park: 22.1 mi
- Independence Park: 24.9 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 20.9 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 20.9 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 21.2 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 22.4 mi
- Miss Alabama: 18.9 mi
- Paiute Mural: 22.1 mi
- Kearsarge: 23.4 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Kern Hot Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | NE 42° | 4,420 m | 9.4 mi |
| Keeler Needle | NE 43° | 4,361 m | 9.3 mi |
| Crooks Peak | NE 44° | 4,342 m | 9.2 mi |
| Lewis Peak | NE 44° | 4,307 m | 9.2 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | NE 45° | 4,289 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Langley | ENE 71° | 4,277 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Muir | NE 47° | 4,275 m | 8.7 mi |
| Aiguille du Paquoir | NE 45° | 4,270 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:37 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 34 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 8.7 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 6.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 20 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7821270985
Day trips start here
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