Cold Spring
Cold Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,296 m. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Miners Nose, a peak 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2296 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Miners Nose: 0.6 mi
- Empire Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Mineral Peak: 2.6 mi
- Eagle Crest: 2.7 mi
- Hengst Peak: 2.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 1.9 mi
- Big Spring: 10.5 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 10.8 mi
- Granite Spring: 11.3 mi
- Wall Spring: 11.4 mi
- Tharp's Log: 10.5 mi
- Cleveland Tree: 10.5 mi
- Chimney Tree: 10.7 mi
- The Dead Giant: 10.8 mi
- Tunnel Log: 10.9 mi
- Tufa Falls: 0.9 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 1.0 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 2.2 mi
- Alles Cabin: 3.6 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 6.5 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 10.9 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 10.1 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 17.6 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 18.3 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 19.5 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 20.4 mi
- Kaweah Recreation Area: 21.3 mi
- Valhalla: 8.5 mi
- Window Cliffs: 13.8 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 22.1 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 19.6 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 23.0 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 23.1 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 11.9 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 16.0 mi
- Natural Arch: 14.5 mi
- Natural Bridge: 14.6 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 11.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Cold Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kaweah | NE 55° | 4,205 m | 9.1 mi |
| Red Kaweah | NE 44° | 4,185 m | 8.6 mi |
| Michael's Pinnacle | NE 44° | 4,170.4 m | 8.5 mi |
| Second Kaweah | NE 49° | 4,165.5 m | 8.7 mi |
| Koontz Pinnacle | NE 41° | 4,145 m | 8.8 mi |
| Black Kaweah | NE 39° | 4,140 m | 8.5 mi |
| Squaretop | NE 47° | 4,121.8 m | 8.6 mi |
| Pyramidal Pinnacle | NE 41° | 4,116 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
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 | 48 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 12 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 57.2 | 57.3 | 90.6 | 176 | 359 | 339 | 120 | 27.2 | 11.7 | 10.6 | 14.9 | 34.5 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge EF Kaweah R NR Three Rivers CA, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
- Mule Deer71 obs
- Yellow-bellied Marmot71 obs
- Sooty Grouse51 obs
- western columbine41 obs
- Mountain Pride33 obs
- bush chinquapin33 obs
- Bigelow's sneezeweed33 obs
- Sierra juniper31 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/928906464
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