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Coon Spring

Coon Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Coon Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 551 m. Little Baldy stands 2,453 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is McClure Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.52175, -119.04165

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Attractions: 30
Waterfalls: 8
Museums: 6
Historic sites: 5
  • Old Ranger Station: 12.9 mi
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 15.7 mi
  • Alles Cabin: 20.8 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 23.6 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 15.0 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Bookie Bear: 19.0 mi
  • Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 19.6 mi
  • World's Largest Olive: 22.2 mi
  • End of Trail Statue: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 3.7 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 6.4 mi
Gardens: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Coon Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little BaldyENE 64°2,453 m14.6 mi
Big BaldyNE 40°2,449 m13.6 mi
Chimney RockNE 46°2,350.3 m13.3 mi
Redwood MountainNNE 30°2,139 m13.0 mi
Milk Ranch PeakE 100°1,904 m14.7 mi
Colony PeakENE 77°1,870 m12.5 mi
Logger PointNNE 12°1,733 m12.7 mi
Ash PeaksE 88°1,709 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:08
June solstice05:3919:4020:18
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0516:0516:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495358627077838176675648
Precip in2.72.32.51.40.60.10.00.00.10.71.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lemon Cove, 10 mi away.

  • Bobcat3 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk2 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker2 obs
  • Western Rattlesnake2 obs
  • blue oak2 obs
  • bird's-eye gilia2 obs
  • California buckeye2 obs
  • Canyon liveforever2 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/928869442

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