Big Seeley Spring
Big Seeley Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,174 m. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Seeley Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Seeley Spring: 0.2 mi
- Hines Spring: 2.9 mi
- Fish Springs: 5.6 mi
- Little Blackrock Spring: 5.6 mi
- Mule Spring: 6.0 mi
- Red Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Fish Springs Hill: 5.7 mi
- Mazourka Peak: 6.5 mi
- Crater Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Andrews Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Arai Pond: 20.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 20.5 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 20.5 mi
- Japanese Garden: 20.5 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 20.7 mi
- First Falls: 14.0 mi
- Second Falls: 14.9 mi
- Triple Falls: 18.4 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 18.9 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 19.0 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 10.9 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 11.1 mi
- Dehy Park: 14.9 mi
- Independence Park: 15.5 mi
- Merritt Park: 20.5 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 12.5 mi
- Rock Monster: 22.5 mi
- Methuselah: 25.0 mi
- Bend City: 14.9 mi
- Kearsarge: 15.5 mi
- San Carlos: 16.0 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 15.2 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 15.2 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 20.7 mi
- Muro Blanco: 18.1 mi
- Windy Cliff: 18.8 mi
- Great Cliffs: 20.6 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 20.5 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 5.2 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 12.7 mi
- Paiute Mural: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Big Seeley Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | WNW 288° | 4,343 m | 16.7 mi |
| Starlight Peak | WNW 288° | 4,323.7 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mount Sill | WNW 289° | 4,316 m | 16.1 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | WNW 288° | 4,298.2 m | 16.6 mi |
| Middle Palisade | WNW 284° | 4,278.2 m | 13.9 mi |
| Split Mountain | W 270° | 4,269 m | 10.8 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | WNW 288° | 4,268 m | 16.9 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | WNW 284° | 4,258.6 m | 13.7 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 | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 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, 15 mi away.
- Mojave Indigobush12 obs
- Winterfat11 obs
- Yerba Mansa7 obs
- Bud Sagebrush6 obs
- Torrey's Saltbush6 obs
- distant phacelia5 obs
- Rubber Rabbitbrush5 obs
- Shadscale Saltbush5 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/9245175714
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