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Banner Springs

Banner Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Banner Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,228 m. White Mountain Peak stands 4,344 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Spring, a spring 2.0 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.68527, -118.59197

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 29
Historic sites: 17
Parks: 13
  • Ida Lynn Parkinson Park: 11.1 mi
  • Crowley Park: 11.9 mi
  • Chalfant Park: 16.5 mi
  • Clark Canyon: 19.0 mi
  • Trails End Park: 19.8 mi
Hot springs: 7
  • Wild Willy's Hot Springs: 9.8 mi
  • Alkali Hot Springs: 10.5 mi
  • Shepherd Hot Springs: 11.6 mi
  • Shepherd Hot Springs: 11.6 mi
  • Hot Creek Geological Site: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Attractions: 1
Rest areas: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Bishop Community Garden: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Banner Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White Mountain PeakE 101°4,344 m18.7 mi
Mount MorganSSW 202°4,186 m20.8 mi
Mount DuboisENE 63°4,126 m15.2 mi
The JumpoffNE 56°4,126 m15.8 mi
Montgomery PeakNE 50°4,098 m16.6 mi
Boundary PeakNE 50°4,007 m17.2 mi
Red Slate MountainSW 231°4,005 m19.5 mi
Broken Finger PeakSSW 199°3,983 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:07
June solstice05:3419:4120:20
September equinox06:4318:1818:53
December solstice07:0715:5916:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F292934394756636256463629
Precip in4.23.83.31.51.50.50.50.50.51.42.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mammoth Lakes RS, 20 mi away.

  • singleleaf pinyon4 obs
  • Antelope Bitterbrush3 obs
  • Bitterroot2 obs
  • Bridges' penstemon2 obs
  • transmontane sand-verbena2 obs
  • wax currant2 obs
  • California evening primrose2 obs
  • Clark's Nutcracker1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/908992684

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