Black Canyon Spring
Black Canyon Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,576 m. White Mountain Peak stands 4,344 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cabin, a historic site 1.6 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Clem Nelson Peak: 2.7 mi
- Silver Peak: 3.3 mi
- Black Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Index Hill: 7.0 mi
- Blanco Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Coldwater Spring: 3.3 mi
- Goat Spring: 4.1 mi
- Montenegro Spring: 4.9 mi
- Cedar Spring: 6.1 mi
- Sam's Spring: 6.6 mi
- Bishop City Park: 10.4 mi
- Tri County Fairgrounds: 10.6 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 12.9 mi
- Izaak Walton Park: 13.0 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 14.1 mi
- Cabin: 1.6 mi
- Cabin: 1.6 mi
- Cabin: 1.6 mi
- Zurich: 13.0 mi
- Bishop Creek Battleground: 15.3 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 3.7 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 8.1 mi
- American Mule Museum: 10.4 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 11.6 mi
- White Mountain City: 11.8 mi
- Fish Lake Valley: 23.8 mi
- Casa Diablo: 24.3 mi
- Methuselah: 2.3 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 17.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Upper Gorge: 23.2 mi
- Second Falls: 21.1 mi
- First Falls: 21.1 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 10.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Black Canyon Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain Peak | N 351° | 4,344 m | 18.8 mi |
| Birch Mountain | SSW 209° | 4,134 m | 24.0 mi |
| Cloudripper | SW 229° | 4,122 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Gayley | SW 222° | 4,106 m | 24.3 mi |
| Vagabond Peak | SW 230° | 4,076 m | 23.3 mi |
| The Thumb | SSW 213° | 4,058 m | 24.3 mi |
| Picture Puzzle | SW 228° | 4,048 m | 24.6 mi |
| Aperture Peak | SW 226° | 4,043 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:39 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:58 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 9 mi away.
- Great Basin bristlecone pine136 obs
- Green Ephedra131 obs
- matted wild buckwheat128 obs
- singleleaf pinyon118 obs
- Plains Pricklypear116 obs
- limber pine80 obs
- apricot globemallow71 obs
- cushion buckwheat69 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/4465762308
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