Barrel Springs
Barrel Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,943 m. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mazourka Peak: 6.5 mi
- Mount Inyo: 7.6 mi
- Waucoba Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Fossil Hill: 11.3 mi
- Wünüpü Peak: 11.6 mi
- Johnson Spring: 1.3 mi
- Seep Hole Spring: 3.0 mi
- Santa Rita Spring: 3.2 mi
- Willow Springs: 4.2 mi
- Bee Springs: 5.6 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 17.0 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 17.0 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 17.9 mi
- Boot Arch: 18.2 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 18.2 mi
- Prospect: 9.9 mi
- Aberdeen Station: 10.3 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 12.4 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 12.5 mi
- Headframe: 18.8 mi
- Arai Pond: 12.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 12.1 mi
- Japanese Garden: 12.1 mi
- Administration Circle Garden: 12.2 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 12.2 mi
- Heart Arch: 19.4 mi
- Mobius Arch: 19.4 mi
- Lathe Arch: 19.4 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 20.0 mi
- Taco Bell Arch: 20.0 mi
- Dehy Park: 9.3 mi
- Independence Park: 9.4 mi
- Merritt Park: 12.1 mi
- Spainhower Park: 19.5 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 22.6 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 20.1 mi
- Chocolate Block: 21.3 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 21.4 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 21.5 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 21.5 mi
- Crystal Pool: 17.7 mi
- Bat Pool: 17.7 mi
- Children's Tub: 17.7 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 17.7 mi
- Volcano Pool: 17.9 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 9.4 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 9.5 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 12.0 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 19.7 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 20.1 mi
- Bend City: 5.9 mi
- San Carlos: 6.7 mi
- Kearsarge: 15.0 mi
- Paiute Mural: 12.2 mi
- Bat Pole: 16.7 mi
- Miss Alabama: 20.4 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 9.4 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 9.9 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 21.8 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 21.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Barrel Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | SW 219° | 4,383 m | 20.9 mi |
| Split Mountain | WNW 295° | 4,269 m | 21.2 mi |
| Mount Keith | SW 229° | 4,249 m | 19.9 mi |
| Junction Peak | SW 229° | 4,224 m | 21.3 mi |
| University Peak | WSW 238° | 4,138 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | WNW 282° | 4,113.6 m | 18.7 mi |
| Cardinal Mountain | WNW 292° | 4,076 m | 20.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | WSW 251° | 4,045 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:37 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:00 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 10 mi away.
- Beavertail Pricklypear12 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus12 obs
- Scarlet Milkvetch7 obs
- Cottontop Cactus7 obs
- Western Fence Lizard5 obs
- Panamint Rattlesnake4 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard4 obs
- Stream Orchid4 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/9278349520
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