Antelope Spring
Antelope Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,193 m. Red Slate Mountain stands 4,005 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Valley Caldera, a peak 1.5 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 26 miles off.
How to reach it
- 25.5 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Disappearing Meadows · 26 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 26 mi
- Lembert Dome · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Valley Caldera: 1.5 mi
- Gilbert Peak: 2.0 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Mammoth Knolls: 5.8 mi
- Dry Creek Knoll: 5.9 mi
- Hot Springs: 1.9 mi
- Big Springs: 6.0 mi
- Ford Spring: 7.1 mi
- Bald Mountain Spring: 7.8 mi
- McLaughlin Springs: 8.1 mi
- Mammoth Elementary School (Historic Location): 3.0 mi
- Convict Lake: 6.1 mi
- Julia E. Townsend Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Mill City Mine: 7.7 mi
- Air Compressor: 8.5 mi
- Little Creek Hot Springs: 2.0 mi
- Hot Spring: 2.1 mi
- Hot Creek Geological Site: 3.0 mi
- Shepherd Hot Springs: 4.1 mi
- Shepherd Hot Springs: 4.2 mi
- Trails End Park: 4.8 mi
- Mammoth Creek Park West: 5.8 mi
- Community Center Park: 6.1 mi
- Valentine Reserve Ecological Study Area: 7.4 mi
- Clark Canyon: 7.8 mi
- Twin Falls: 8.7 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 10.1 mi
- Minarets Falls: 11.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 12.5 mi
- Lower Rainbow Falls: 13.0 mi
- Sevehah Cliff: 7.0 mi
- The Wave: 7.7 mi
- The Alcove: 7.8 mi
- The Buttresses: 12.4 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 16.6 mi
- Crowley Lake Stone Columns: 9.9 mi
- Devils Postpile: 12.0 mi
- Perched Boulder: 12.8 mi
- Navy Beach: 19.6 mi
- South Tufa Area: 19.9 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 10.2 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Mono Creek Picnic Site: 23.2 mi
- Mono Mills: 15.0 mi
- Casa Diablo: 19.0 mi
- State Line: 23.9 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 5.6 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 23.4 mi
- June Lake Beach: 13.1 mi
- Navy Beach: 19.7 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 6.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Antelope Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Slate Mountain | S 178° | 4,005 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Morgan | SSE 155° | 3,962 m | 12.8 mi |
| Esha Peak | SSE 158° | 3,953 m | 12.7 mi |
| Red and White Mountain | S 175° | 3,908 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Stanford | SSE 161° | 3,908 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Baldwin | S 172° | 3,838 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bloody Mountain | S 191° | 3,825 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Crocker | SSE 168° | 3,797 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:42 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:00 | 16:41 |
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 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mammoth Lakes RS, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 42.8 | 42.3 | 43.9 | 47.4 | 68.1 | 95.1 | 79.1 | 56.8 | 48.1 | 44.5 | 43.6 | 41.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Hot C A Flume NR Mammoth Lakes CA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- White-lined Sphinx4 obs
- woollypod milkvetch4 obs
- slender phlox3 obs
- scalloped-leaved lousewort3 obs
- Tall western groundsel3 obs
- Greater Sage-Grouse2 obs
- flatbud prickly poppy2 obs
- Bruneau Mariposa Lily2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/902344966
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- Mono Lake · 24 mi
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