Bear Trap Spring
Bear Trap Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,528 m. Sunday Peak stands 2,531 m to the southeast, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Peak: 1.5 mi
- Pine Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Peel Peak: 2.8 mi
- Grist Mill Peak: 3.2 mi
- Carver Peak: 3.8 mi
- Twin Springs: 1.6 mi
- Middle Fork Spring: 1.9 mi
- East Fork Spring: 2.2 mi
- Betty Spring: 2.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 3.1 mi
- Greenhorn Mountain County Park: 8.2 mi
- Kernville Park Recreation Area: 13.2 mi
- Circle Park: 13.4 mi
- Riverside Park: 13.5 mi
- Wofford Heights Park: 13.9 mi
- Trail of 100 Giants: 10.6 mi
- Cabin 234: 11.7 mi
- R-Ranch Adult Building: 11.7 mi
- Cabin 236: 11.7 mi
- Cabin 240: 11.7 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- South Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- Nobe Young Falls: 14.0 mi
- Seven Teacups: 14.5 mi
- Cholollo Falls: 15.9 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 21.4 mi
- Treaty of 1851: 22.4 mi
- John Ferrington Memorial: 24.1 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Parker Bluffs: 11.5 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 21.3 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 13.3 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 18.2 mi
- Fountain Springs: 15.7 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 15.9 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Bear Trap Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday Peak | SE 133° | 2,531 m | 4.7 mi |
| Onion Meadow Peak | N 9° | 2,529 m | 14.1 mi |
| Tobias Peak | ENE 70° | 2,526 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mule Peak | N 8° | 2,477 m | 13.0 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | E 87° | 2,448 m | 3.9 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | SE 128° | 2,417 m | 4.2 mi |
| Baker Peak | ENE 73° | 2,416 m | 7.3 mi |
| Baker Point | ENE 78° | 2,360 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 56 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glennville, 8 mi away.
- California incense-cedar7 obs
- California black oak4 obs
- purple foxglove4 obs
- Ensatina3 obs
- Western Gray Squirrel3 obs
- Mountain Misery3 obs
- woollypod milkweed3 obs
- twining snakelily3 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/887402888
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