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Deer Spring

Deer Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Deer Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,149 m. Olancha Peak stands 3,695 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Spring, a spring 4.6 miles away. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.96621, -118.02838

108 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 59
Springs: 34
Historic sites: 8
  • Abandoned Old Vehicles: 23.6 mi
  • Abandoned Old Vehicles: 23.6 mi
  • Abandoned Old Vehicles: 23.6 mi
  • Abandoned Old Vehicles: 23.6 mi
  • Abandoned Old Vehicles: 23.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Parks: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Lemon Inn: 24.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Olancha PeakNNW 346°3,695 m21.3 mi
Sirretta PeakW 260°3,041 m17.3 mi
Brown MountainNNW 337°3,038 m21.9 mi
Sherman PeakW 279°3,020 m20.5 mi
Round MountainN 351°3,015 m15.6 mi
Lookout MountainWNW 288°2,963 m20.4 mi
Blackrock MountainNW 317°2,935.4 m20.3 mi
Long Canyon DomeNNW 331°2,906.2 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3019:04
June solstice05:3719:3520:13
September equinox06:4118:1718:51
December solstice07:0016:0316:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394248546272787770594738
Precip in1.21.50.80.20.20.10.20.10.20.30.31.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 13 mi away.

  • Blainville's Horned Lizard4 obs
  • Black-tailed Jackrabbit3 obs
  • canyon live oak3 obs
  • fineflowered gilia3 obs
  • Inyo Gilia3 obs
  • Southern Sierra Phacelia3 obs
  • Mountain Quail2 obs
  • branching phacelia2 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/4696439734

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