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Double Trough Spring

Double Trough Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Double Trough Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 592 m. Little Baldy stands 2,453 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf, a peak 0.6 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.56409, -119.05722

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Springs: 34
Attractions: 30
Waterfalls: 9
Museums: 6
  • Three Rivers Historical Museum: 11.8 mi
  • Giant Forest Museum: 15.8 mi
  • Alta District Historical Society: 18.4 mi
  • ImagineU Children's Museum: 20.5 mi
  • Reedley Museum: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 16.1 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
Historic sites: 5
  • Old Ranger Station: 13.6 mi
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 16.4 mi
  • Alles Cabin: 22.4 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 22.9 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 23.9 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Bookie Bear: 16.2 mi
  • Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 18.6 mi
  • End of Trail Statue: 24.3 mi
  • World's Largest Olive: 25.0 mi
Beaches: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 6.8 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Double Trough Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Little BaldyENE 76°2,453 m14.4 mi
Big BaldyNE 52°2,449 m12.2 mi
Chimney RockENE 59°2,350.3 m12.2 mi
Buena Vista PeakNE 41°2,321 m13.5 mi
Redwood MountainNE 41°2,139 m11.1 mi
Colony PeakE 90°1,870 m13.0 mi
Logger PointNNE 20°1,733 m10.1 mi
Ash PeaksESE 102°1,709 m12.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:08
June solstice05:3919:4020:19
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, 13 mi away.

  • Wild Turkey2 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
  • Western Kingbird1 obs
  • Acorn Woodpecker1 obs
  • Western Spadefoot1 obs
  • Superb Mariposa Lily1 obs
  • Ithuriel's Spear1 obs
  • Coulter's wild cabbage1 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/10215141309

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