Boron Springs
Boron Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,593 m. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the south-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Tub Springs, a spring 1.9 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Independence Peak: 3.9 mi
- Kearsarge Peak: 4.3 mi
- Mount Mary Austin: 5.5 mi
- Mount Bradley: 5.5 mi
- University Peak: 5.7 mi
- Tub Springs: 1.9 mi
- McGann Springs: 4.8 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 6.7 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 8.5 mi
- Little Blackrock Spring: 10.7 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 7.3 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 7.7 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 8.1 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 8.7 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 10.8 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 12.5 mi
- Boot Arch: 13.1 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 13.2 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 13.2 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 13.6 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 7.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 7.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 7.4 mi
- Arai Pond: 7.4 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 7.6 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 13.9 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 15.0 mi
- Muro Blanco: 16.3 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 16.4 mi
- Chocolate Block: 16.5 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 10.6 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 10.6 mi
- Mist Falls: 15.5 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 17.5 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 14.3 mi
- Mobius Arch: 14.4 mi
- Lathe Arch: 14.4 mi
- Heart Arch: 14.5 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 15.6 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 3.8 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 3.9 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 7.9 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 16.9 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 17.3 mi
- Dehy Park: 3.9 mi
- Independence Park: 4.1 mi
- Merritt Park: 7.4 mi
- Spainhower Park: 16.7 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 19.6 mi
- Kearsarge: 3.4 mi
- Bend City: 8.0 mi
- San Carlos: 8.1 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 4.1 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Paiute Mural: 7.5 mi
- Miss Alabama: 16.2 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Boron Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | SSW 194° | 4,383 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | SSW 202° | 4,275 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Barnard | SSW 195° | 4,266 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Stanford | SW 230° | 4,260.2 m | 9.0 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | SW 230° | 4,254.4 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Keith | SW 214° | 4,249 m | 7.2 mi |
| Trojan Peak | SSW 194° | 4,245 m | 10.3 mi |
| Junction Peak | SW 219° | 4,224 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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, 4 mi away.
- Inyo Shieldback14 obs
- Okanagana aurora14 obs
- narrowleaf milkweed10 obs
- Elegant Bush Katydid10 obs
- California black oak8 obs
- water birch8 obs
- California Buckwheat7 obs
- Black-throated Sparrow6 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/4293922599
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