Chimney Spring
Chimney Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 606 m. Big Baldy stands 2,449 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf: 0.5 mi
- Blue Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Owl Peak: 2.0 mi
- Buzzard Roost: 2.3 mi
- Ash Spring Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Willow Court Park: 9.5 mi
- Woodlake City Park: 9.9 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 11.6 mi
- Kaweah Recreation Area: 11.9 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 12.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 0.4 mi
- Double Trough Spring: 0.8 mi
- Schoolhouse Spring: 1.9 mi
- Green Spring: 2.4 mi
- McClure Spring: 2.5 mi
- Mark Twain Stump: 12.5 mi
- Crystal Cave: 13.5 mi
- Centennial Stump: 14.3 mi
- General Grant Tree: 14.3 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 14.3 mi
- Ella Falls: 13.1 mi
- Viola Falls: 13.1 mi
- Marble Falls: 15.2 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 19.3 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 21.0 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 11.8 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 16.3 mi
- Alta District Historical Society: 17.9 mi
- ImagineU Children's Museum: 19.7 mi
- Reedley Museum: 21.6 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 14.1 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 16.9 mi
- Alles Cabin: 22.7 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 23.6 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 24.7 mi
- Bookie Bear: 16.3 mi
- Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 18.1 mi
- End of Trail Statue: 23.6 mi
- World's Largest Olive: 24.3 mi
- Jumping Rock: 18.3 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 18.5 mi
- Reedley Beach: 21.9 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 9.0 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 10.0 mi
- Ralph S. Moore Rose Garden: 20.6 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 22.2 mi
- Oakhurst: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Chimney Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Baldy | NE 52° | 2,449 m | 13.0 mi |
| Chimney Rock | ENE 58° | 2,350.3 m | 13.0 mi |
| Buena Vista Peak | NE 41° | 2,321 m | 14.3 mi |
| Redwood Mountain | NE 41° | 2,139 m | 11.8 mi |
| Colony Peak | E 88° | 1,870 m | 13.5 mi |
| Logger Point | NNE 21° | 1,733 m | 10.8 mi |
| Ash Peaks | E 99° | 1,709 m | 12.6 mi |
| Eshom Point | NE 52° | 1,551 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 58 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 81 | 76 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lemon Cove, 12 mi away.
- Western Rattlesnake1 obs
- Striped Coralroot1 obs
- Coulter's wild cabbage1 obs
- Bermuda grass1 obs
- white-veined wintergreen1 obs
- California King Snake1 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/10215141310
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