Big Fern Springs
Big Fern Springs is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,200 m. Lippincott Mountain stands 3,731 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Granite Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1200 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Moro Rock: 0.6 mi
- Switchback Peak: 0.9 mi
- Bobcat Point: 1.4 mi
- Bear Hill: 1.6 mi
- Sunset Rock: 2.6 mi
- Granite Spring: 0.5 mi
- Slide Spring: 0.9 mi
- Wall Spring: 1.0 mi
- Hidden Spring: 6.6 mi
- Big Springs: 10.8 mi
- Hanging Rock: 0.8 mi
- Buttress Tree: 1.0 mi
- Parker Group: 1.0 mi
- Auto Log: 1.1 mi
- Tunnel Log: 1.2 mi
- Marble Falls: 1.4 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 3.0 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 6.1 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 6.7 mi
- Upper Buck Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 1.3 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 2.3 mi
- Alles Cabin: 7.5 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 11.3 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 12.4 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 1.2 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 12.0 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 12.6 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 12.6 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 14.4 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 14.5 mi
- Valhalla: 10.6 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 18.9 mi
- Window Cliffs: 24.3 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 14.7 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 16.0 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 22.7 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 1.8 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 9.4 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 18.6 mi
- Jumping Rock: 18.9 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 19.7 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Big Fern Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lippincott Mountain | E 96° | 3,731 m | 11.8 mi |
| Mount Eisen | ESE 104° | 3,714 m | 11.7 mi |
| Eagle Scout Peak | E 87° | 3,658 m | 11.8 mi |
| Horn Peak | ENE 67° | 3,584 m | 11.5 mi |
| Big Bird Peak | ENE 61° | 3,536 m | 10.7 mi |
| Empire Mountain | ESE 114° | 3,522 m | 12.0 mi |
| Winter Alta | ENE 58° | 3,453 m | 7.8 mi |
| Alta Peak | ENE 59° | 3,437 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 149 | 162 | 269 | 463 | 744 | 636 | 268 | 57.9 | 22.2 | 32.3 | 43.0 | 62.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Kaweah R BL Conduit No. 2 NR Hammond CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
- giant sequoia449 obs
- Mule Deer229 obs
- Pacific Dogwood208 obs
- Mountain Misery182 obs
- Mountain Pride172 obs
- American Black Bear165 obs
- chaparral yucca161 obs
- Western Fence Lizard157 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/928742682
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