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Big Tenant Spring

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Elevation, modelled
1,185 m
Tallest summit within 18.4 miles
Piute Peak2,565 m · 17.0 mi
Sunset, June solstice
20:14local time
Coordinates
35.5600, -118.6620
Big Tenant Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Big Tenant Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled 1,185 m. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Tenant Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Big Tenant Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakESE 116°2,565 m17.0 mi
Sunday PeakNNE 16°2,531 m16.0 mi
Brown PeakESE 111°2,466 m14.4 mi
Liebel PeakESE 104°2,452 m15.3 mi
Portuguese PeakNNE 15°2,417 m16.5 mi
Inspiration PointE 101°2,387 m17.4 mi
Breckenridge MountainSSE 150°2,298 m8.7 mi
Black MountainNNE 32°2,267 m14.8 mi

Named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:4019:3620:14
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0116:0716:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424346505664717065564741
Precip in3.73.53.11.70.80.20.10.10.10.91.93.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glennville, 12 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs2053004968121,2221,6121,389916435300217148

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Kern R NR Democrat Springs(river Only) CA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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