Ellings Spring
Ellings Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 641 m. Castle Mountain stands 1,312 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ortega Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Orchard Peak: 5.4 mi
- Blue Point: 6.8 mi
- Indian Rocks: 7.8 mi
- Johnson Peak: 8.8 mi
- Three Peaks: 8.9 mi
- Ortega Spring: 0.7 mi
- Little Tiger Spring: 13.7 mi
- Tiger Spring: 14.4 mi
- Double Spring: 14.5 mi
- Sugar Spring: 14.9 mi
- Crawford W Clarke Memorial Park: 10.6 mi
- Floyd Rice Park: 23.3 mi
- James Dean Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Shandon Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Los Padres National Forest: 19.8 mi
- Estrella Warbird Museum: 24.0 mi
- Bruce Munro: Light at Sensorio: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Ellings Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,312 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mine Mountain | NNW 326° | 1,108 m | 24.3 mi |
| Chiches 2 | SSW 205° | 1,104 m | 21.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | S 190° | 1,097 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mustang Peak | NNW 329° | 1,096 m | 24.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSW 205° | 1,089 m | 21.4 mi |
| Orchard Peak | NE 37° | 953 m | 5.4 mi |
| Zwang Peak | N 351° | 939 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:12 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 74 | 70 | 62 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paso Robles Muni AP, 25 mi away.
- California poppy3 obs
- Pinoche Creek larkspur2 obs
- narrowleaf milkweed2 obs
- woollypod milkweed2 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird1 obs
- Mule Deer1 obs
- purple owl's-clover1 obs
- milk thistle1 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/9092574949
Day trips start here
- San Luis Obispo County · 25 mi
- Paso Robles · 26 mi
- San Miguel · 29 mi
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