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Coldwater Spring

Coldwater Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Coldwater Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 3,101 m. White Mountain Peak stands 4,344 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. 126 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.40693, -118.17398

126 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 50
Peaks: 42
Parks: 10
Historic sites: 8
  • Cabin: 1.9 mi
  • Cabin: 1.9 mi
  • Cabin: 2.0 mi
  • Zurich: 16.2 mi
  • Champion Spark Plug Mine High Camp: 16.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Attractions: 2
  • Methuselah: 2.0 mi
  • Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Second Falls: 24.4 mi
  • First Falls: 24.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Bishop Community Garden: 12.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coldwater Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
White Mountain PeakNNW 344°4,344 m16.3 mi
Mount BarcroftNNW 341°3,979 m12.8 mi
Mount HogueNNW 342°3,884 m23.6 mi
Headley PeakNNW 342°3,858 m20.4 mi
Piute MountainNNW 340°3,827 m9.6 mi
Sheep MountainNNW 344°3,810 m8.7 mi
The HunchbackSW 231°3,752 m24.9 mi
Campito MountainNNW 347°3,522 m6.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3019:05
June solstice05:3319:3920:18
September equinox06:4118:1718:51
December solstice07:0415:5816:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404349556473787669584638
Precip in1.10.90.50.20.20.10.20.10.10.40.30.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 10 mi away.

  • Great Basin bristlecone pine1,219 obs
  • fernbush376 obs
  • raspberry buckwheat226 obs
  • Stemless Mock Goldenweed190 obs
  • Dorr's Sage186 obs
  • pinyon beardtongue180 obs
  • wax currant157 obs
  • Yellow Rabbitbrush151 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/9283840027

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