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Dripping Springs

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Elevation, modelled
940 m
Tallest summit within 20.8 miles
Mount Pinos2,696.5 m · 20.7 mi
Sunset, June solstice
20:12local time
Coordinates
34.5750, -118.9229
Dripping Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Dripping Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled 940 m. Mount Pinos stands 2,697 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cow Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Dripping Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PinosNW 322°2,696.5 m20.7 mi
Frazier MountainN 349°2,442 m14.1 mi
Reyes PeakW 281°2,284 m20.8 mi
Haddock MountainW 281°2,265 m18.4 mi
Alamo MountainNNW 342°2,248 m6.7 mi
Tecuya MountainN 350°2,180 m18.8 mi
Peak 7047NNW 332°2,148 m5.2 mi
Thorn PointW 281°2,092 m11.9 mi

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Springs: 31
Picnic sites: 24
Waterfalls: 6
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3519:08
June solstice05:4419:3520:12
September equinox06:4418:2118:54
December solstice07:0016:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454649526069767772625245
Precip in2.53.72.00.80.40.10.10.10.10.60.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandberg, 16 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs51.415012664.032.313.16.23.63.74.25.516.3

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Piru C BL Buck C NR Pyramid LK CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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