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Spainhower Park

Spainhower Park from directly overhead

Spainhower Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,137 m. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Southern Inyo Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1137 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Inyo County Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.60897, -118.06540
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 30
Attractions: 19
Historic sites: 13
  • Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 0.5 mi
  • Cousin Jack: 0.8 mi
  • Headframe: 4.9 mi
  • Old dump truck bed: 4.9 mi
  • Donald D. Brooks: 6.7 mi
Natural arches: 11
  • Taco Bell Arch: 2.3 mi
  • Hitching Post Arch: 2.3 mi
  • Gunga Din Arch: 3.2 mi
  • Heart Arch: 3.3 mi
  • Palette Arch: 3.3 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Administration Circle Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Barracks Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Barracks Garden: 9.4 mi
Hot springs: 8
  • Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Kern Hot Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Children's Tub: 21.1 mi
  • Crystal Pool: 21.1 mi
  • Bat Pool: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Chocolate Block: 3.1 mi
  • Rock Candy Tower: 3.2 mi
  • Tootsie Pop Tower: 3.2 mi
  • Southern Blonde Rock: 3.3 mi
  • Paul's Paradise: 3.3 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Museums: 5
Parks: 4
Artworks: 3
  • Miss Alabama: 2.0 mi
  • Paiute Mural: 9.7 mi
  • Bat Pole: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 18.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Spainhower Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WhitneyW 261°4,419.6 m12.8 mi
Mount WilliamsonWNW 283°4,383 m14.0 mi
Keeler NeedleW 260°4,361.2 m12.8 mi
Crooks PeakW 259°4,341.7 m12.7 mi
Lewis PeakW 259°4,306.7 m12.7 mi
Mount RussellW 264°4,296 m12.6 mi
Aiguille ExtraWSW 259°4,289 m12.7 mi
Mount LangleyWSW 239°4,277 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3019:04
June solstice05:3519:3620:15
September equinox06:4118:1718:51
December solstice07:0216:0116:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444754606979858376645243
Precip in1.40.90.70.20.10.10.10.10.10.20.50.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 15 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Brewer's Blackbird45 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear26 obs
  • Common Raven24 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle24 obs
  • House Sparrow22 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard17 obs
  • Desert Trumpet17 obs
  • Yerba Mansa17 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/614620621

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