Coyote Spring
Coyote Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,182 m. Mount Conness stands 3,825 m to the southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Biedeman, a peak 2.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 17 miles off.
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 17 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 20 mi
- Lembert Dome · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Biedeman: 2.4 mi
- Sugarloaf: 6.2 mi
- Black Point: 6.4 mi
- Silver Hill: 7.2 mi
- Bodie Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 2.7 mi
- Kirkwood Spring: 3.5 mi
- Waford Spring: 4.6 mi
- Murphy Spring: 5.1 mi
- Kirkwood Spring: 5.8 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 5.8 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 6.5 mi
- Catholic Church (site): 7.3 mi
- Bottle Works (Site): 7.4 mi
- Machinery: 7.4 mi
- Dog Town: 7.0 mi
- Bodie: 7.5 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 9.0 mi
- Aurora: 15.4 mi
- Bennettville: 15.8 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 16.0 mi
- White Cascade: 23.4 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 23.4 mi
- California Falls: 23.9 mi
- LeConte Falls: 24.2 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 7.7 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 7.8 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 11.3 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 11.8 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 23.7 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Locomotive Point: 11.9 mi
- Dore Cliff: 13.2 mi
- The Alcove: 24.7 mi
- The Wave: 24.8 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 10.8 mi
- Upside-Down House: 11.3 mi
- South Tufa Area: 12.6 mi
- Navy Beach: 12.9 mi
- Perched Boulder: 23.3 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 7.4 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 11.3 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 12.2 mi
- Mono County Museum: 12.3 mi
- Danburg Beach: 7.8 mi
- Navy Beach: 12.8 mi
- June Lake Beach: 22.5 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 24.9 mi
- The Elbow: 21.6 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Warm Springs: 11.7 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Coyote Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Conness | SW 231° | 3,825 m | 16.6 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | WSW 241° | 3,791 m | 13.7 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | WSW 249° | 3,774 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Warren | SW 220° | 3,758 m | 11.7 mi |
| Twin Peaks | W 260° | 3,756 m | 15.1 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | W 263° | 3,749.3 m | 16.2 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | W 260° | 3,731 m | 14.8 mi |
| North Peak | SW 233° | 3,728 m | 15.7 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 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 25 | 29 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 57 | 56 | 50 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bodie California ST Historic P, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 10.4 | 12.1 | 15.5 | 16.8 | 30.7 | 39.6 | 34.0 | 25.2 | 16.0 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 9.5 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Lundy PP Tailrace NR Lee Vining CA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Weidemeyer's Admiral13 obs
- Tailed Copper12 obs
- Behr's Hairstreak11 obs
- singleleaf pinyon7 obs
- crisp thelypody7 obs
- yellow pincushion plant6 obs
- Prickly Threadbush6 obs
- Acute-lined Flower Moth6 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/4681007856
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 8 mi
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