Bitterwater Spring
Bitterwater Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 610 m. Mount Pinos stands 2,697 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Elkhorn Hills, a peak 2.4 miles away. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Quail Spring: 5.7 mi
- Padrones Spring: 7.6 mi
- Willow Spring: 8.4 mi
- Lawson Spring: 9.0 mi
- Blue Rock Spring: 12.4 mi
- Elkhorn Hills: 2.4 mi
- Twentyfive Hill: 7.8 mi
- Midway Peak: 14.5 mi
- Brush Mountain: 15.4 mi
- Fox Mountain: 15.4 mi
- Capitola Park: 2.4 mi
- Maricopa City Park: 4.8 mi
- Maricopa Veteran’s Park and Museum: 5.2 mi
- A Street Park: 9.4 mi
- Civic Center Park: 9.5 mi
- Oil Patch Fire House: 9.0 mi
- Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House: 9.0 mi
- Jameson #17: 9.1 mi
- Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas): 13.2 mi
- Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas): 15.5 mi
- The Crossing: 15.3 mi
- The Crossing: 15.3 mi
- Twin Falls Picnic Area: 15.3 mi
- Flume Creek Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- The Patio: 15.5 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 22.1 mi
- San Emigdio Plantation: 23.6 mi
- Sisquoc Condor Sanctuary: 23.9 mi
- West Kern Oil Museum: 9.1 mi
- West Kern Oil Museum: 9.1 mi
- Lakeview Gusher #1: 6.9 mi
- Whiterock Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Sisquoc Falls: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bitterwater Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pinos | SE 127° | 2,696.5 m | 21.9 mi |
| Sawmill Mountain | SE 129° | 2,685 m | 20.9 mi |
| Grouse Mountain | SE 130° | 2,613 m | 20.1 mi |
| Cerro Noroeste | SE 130° | 2,525 m | 18.5 mi |
| San Emigdio Mountain | ESE 119° | 2,282 m | 18.0 mi |
| Escapula Peak | ESE 113° | 2,160 m | 23.8 mi |
| Brush Mountain | ESE 122° | 2,149 m | 15.4 mi |
| Big Pine Mountain | SSW 208° | 2,077 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:12 | 16:51 |
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 | 50 | 53 | 59 | 63 | 70 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taft, 10 mi away.
- Great Valley phacelia70 obs
- common hillside daisy33 obs
- Little Bear26 obs
- Gopher Snake25 obs
- Black Saddlebags25 obs
- Redstem Stork's-bill23 obs
- Desert Cottontail21 obs
- Western Rattlesnake21 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/8439728992
Day trips start here
- Maricopa · 5 mi
- Taft · 9 mi
- McKittrick · 23 mi
- Buttonwillow · 28 mi
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