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Buzztail Spring

Buzztail Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Buzztail Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,526 m. Mount Morgan stands 4,186 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Horsetail Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away.

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Coordinates37.54960, -118.81607
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 28
Historic sites: 18
Parks: 12
Hot springs: 11
  • Hot Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Hot Creek Geological Site: 7.8 mi
  • Shepherd Hot Springs: 8.1 mi
  • Shepherd Hot Springs: 8.1 mi
  • Wild Willy's Hot Springs: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 8
Attractions: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Minaret Vista Picnic: 15.3 mi
  • Mono Creek Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
  • Gull Lake Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
  • Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 1
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1
  • June Lake Beach: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Buzztail Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MorganSSE 155°4,186 m11.0 mi
Bear Creek SpireSSE 168°4,186 m12.8 mi
Mount AbbotS 171°4,176 m11.4 mi
Mount GabbS 176°4,168 m12.0 mi
Mount DadeS 170°4,143 m11.8 mi
Mount MillsS 172°4,102 m10.8 mi
Mount HilgardS 183°4,060 m13.1 mi
Mount Julius CaesarS 172°4,022 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3319:07
June solstice05:3519:4220:21
September equinox06:4418:1918:54
December solstice07:0716:0016:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F292934394756636256463629
Precip in4.23.83.31.51.50.50.50.50.51.42.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mammoth Lakes RS, 11 mi away.

Streamflow

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs42.842.343.947.468.195.179.156.848.144.543.641.6

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Hot C A Flume NR Mammoth Lakes CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • balloon milkvetch70 obs
  • Bruneau Mariposa Lily63 obs
  • woolly mule's ears62 obs
  • sulfur buckwheat61 obs
  • Wyoming Paintbrush58 obs
  • quaking aspen39 obs
  • slendertube skyrocket38 obs
  • woollypod milkvetch36 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9254521239

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