Clinton Spring
Clinton Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,424 m. Eagle Peak stands 3,603 m to the south-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Clinton, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 23 miles off.
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 29.3 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wheeler Peak: 3.0 mi
- Mount Patterson: 3.5 mi
- Round Mountain: 4.4 mi
- South Sister: 4.5 mi
- Middle Sister: 5.6 mi
- Long Doctor Spring: 4.6 mi
- Rye Grass Spring: 5.9 mi
- Lakeview Spring: 7.6 mi
- Burnt Hill Spring: 8.3 mi
- Lava Springs: 8.7 mi
- Clinton: 0.2 mi
- Nugent Cabin: 2.6 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 14.7 mi
- Parr House: 19.7 mi
- Red Cloud Mining Equipment: 19.8 mi
- Sweetwater: 3.9 mi
- Masonic: 8.7 mi
- Rockland: 16.7 mi
- Pine Grove: 17.7 mi
- Dog Town: 18.7 mi
- Silver Falls: 17.9 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 19.4 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 19.8 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 22.0 mi
- Sardine Falls: 22.6 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 12.4 mi
- Walker Community Park: 14.0 mi
- Bridgeport: 16.2 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 16.3 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 19.8 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 10.6 mi
- Walker River Hot Spring: 14.5 mi
- Booker Hot Spring: 14.8 mi
- Mono County Museum: 12.6 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 12.6 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 20.0 mi
- The Elbow: 10.8 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 11.8 mi
- Locomotive Point: 11.6 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 13.5 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Clinton Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | SSW 207° | 3,603 m | 20.1 mi |
| Victoria Peak | SSW 208° | 3,561 m | 21.2 mi |
| Mount Patterson | W 267° | 3,552 m | 3.5 mi |
| Wheeler Peak | WSW 242° | 3,545 m | 3.0 mi |
| Walker Mountain | SW 222° | 3,524 m | 18.9 mi |
| Hanna Mountain | SW 218° | 3,491 m | 21.8 mi |
| Sonora Peak | WSW 255° | 3,484 m | 22.2 mi |
| White Mountain | W 259° | 3,470 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:45 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:59 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 13 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Sep — fullest in Jun, leanest in Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 43.6 | 52.8 | 101 | 174 | 254 | 314 | 292 | 228 | 151 | 66.4 | 28.6 | 36.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge E Walker RV NR Bridgeport, CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- sweetwater mountains draba5 obs
- tall woolly wild buckwheat4 obs
- Alpine Gold3 obs
- granite buckwheat3 obs
- quaking aspen2 obs
- Sargent's Catchfly2 obs
- Whitebark Pine2 obs
- Sierra juniper2 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/7907457853
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