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Castro Spring

Castro Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Castro Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 466 m. Condon Peak stands 1,514 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.03308, -120.46273

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 20
Parks: 18
Museums: 3
Rest areas: 3
Historic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Big Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Castro Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Condon PeakNNW 336°1,514 m21.5 mi
Wright MountainNNW 349°1,387 m20.8 mi
Center PeakNW 323°1,376 m14.7 mi
Castle MountainSE 133°1,312 m9.5 mi
Twin PeaksNW 322°1,298 m16.6 mi
Flag PeakNNW 339°1,210 m10.7 mi
Smith MountainWNW 293°1,188 m8.1 mi
Charley MountainWNW 303°1,180 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4019:14
June solstice05:4619:4520:23
September equinox06:5118:2619:00
December solstice07:1016:1216:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495358637179858478685649
Precip in1.91.81.50.40.30.10.00.00.10.30.51.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coalinga, 9 mi away.

  • Rural Skipper5 obs
  • Toyon4 obs
  • Bernardino Blue4 obs
  • Cliff Swallow2 obs
  • Western Bluebird2 obs
  • California buckeye2 obs
  • gray pine2 obs
  • mitrefruit pincushionplant2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/875465519

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