Box Spring
Box Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,242 m. Leavitt Peak stands 3,516 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bell Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 22 miles off.
How to reach it
- 22.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
- 22.2 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 22 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 23 mi
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bell Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Bourland Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Hells Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Burst Rock: 5.3 mi
- Lookout Point: 5.3 mi
- Sachse Spring: 4.7 mi
- Hull Creek Spring: 7.9 mi
- Shingle Spring: 8.2 mi
- Camp Ida Spring: 9.0 mi
- Stoddard Spring: 10.6 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 9.1 mi
- Wapama Falls: 13.5 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 13.5 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 16.1 mi
- Preston Falls: 17.0 mi
- Beach 2: 6.3 mi
- Beach 1: 6.4 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 6.5 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 22.1 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 24.8 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Oak Leaf: 21.9 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 21.9 mi
- Remote Camp: 22.9 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 24.5 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 14.5 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 16.0 mi
- West Side Memorial Park: 21.5 mi
- Willow Springs Park: 21.6 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 15.3 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 21.5 mi
- Big Stump: 24.1 mi
- Campfire Center: 24.1 mi
- Nature Museum: 17.3 mi
- Interpretive Center: 17.3 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 21.4 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 24.1 mi
- East Flange Rock: 10.7 mi
- McKays Point: 22.6 mi
- Bloods Point: 24.5 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 20.0 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 21.7 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 24.2 mi
- Strawberry: 7.5 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 23.1 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 7.8 mi
- Dedication Garden: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Box Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leavitt Peak | NE 52° | 3,516 m | 17.5 mi |
| Forsyth Peak | E 84° | 3,408.3 m | 17.7 mi |
| Molo Mountain | ENE 62° | 3,302 m | 15.3 mi |
| Big Sam | ENE 66° | 3,299 m | 16.7 mi |
| Relief Peak | ENE 57° | 3,294 m | 13.5 mi |
| Molo Pinnacle | ENE 62° | 3,292 m | 14.8 mi |
| Kennedy Peak | ENE 59° | 3,267 m | 15.8 mi |
| Night Cap Peak | NE 43° | 3,243 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:47 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 9.6 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 8.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cherry Valley DAM, 11 mi away.
- Corn Lily4 obs
- Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily3 obs
- Snowplant2 obs
- American bistort2 obs
- Mountain Spirea2 obs
- Bald Eagle1 obs
- Steller's Jay1 obs
- Western Tanager1 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/1931827769
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