Batchelder Spring
Batchelder Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,848 m. Mount Sill stands 4,316 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 2.3 mi
- The Elephant: 9.3 mi
- Clem Nelson Peak: 10.5 mi
- Crater Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Mount Nunn: 11.5 mi
- Montenegro Spring: 3.5 mi
- Wam Springs: 4.5 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 4.8 mi
- Uhlmeyer Spring: 4.9 mi
- McMurry Spring: 4.9 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 7.1 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 7.4 mi
- Bishop City Park: 13.9 mi
- Tri County Fairgrounds: 14.3 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 15.7 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 5.0 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 13.5 mi
- American Mule Museum: 13.9 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 14.6 mi
- Methuselah: 9.5 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 10.7 mi
- First Falls: 15.9 mi
- Second Falls: 16.2 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 13.7 mi
- White Mountain City: 15.9 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Batchelder Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sill | WSW 239° | 4,316 m | 19.8 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | WSW 239° | 4,298.2 m | 20.3 mi |
| Middle Palisade | SW 232° | 4,278.2 m | 19.3 mi |
| Split Mountain | SW 219° | 4,269 m | 19.8 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | SW 231° | 4,258.6 m | 19.3 mi |
| Barrett Peak | WSW 238° | 4,258 m | 20.2 mi |
| Norman Clyde Peak | SW 233° | 4,245.2 m | 19.3 mi |
| Balcony Peak | SW 231° | 4,237.2 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:59 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 13 mi away.
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus96 obs
- Acton Brittlebush95 obs
- Scarlet Milkvetch89 obs
- Panamint Prince's Plume88 obs
- apricot globemallow86 obs
- fragrant evening primrose78 obs
- Desert Peach62 obs
- Fourwing Saltbush60 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/6587773293
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