Fern Spring
Fern Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,189 m. Clouds Rest stands 3,028 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot), a attraction 0.2 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 6.1 miles off.
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 9 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 12 mi
- Lembert Dome · 21 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stanford Point: 0.6 mi
- Crocker Point: 0.8 mi
- Old Inspiration Point: 0.9 mi
- Leaning Tower: 1.0 mi
- Dewey Point: 1.1 mi
- Silver Strand Falls: 0.8 mi
- Bridalveil Fall: 1.0 mi
- Ribbon Fall: 1.7 mi
- Horsetail Fall: 2.3 mi
- The Cascades: 2.7 mi
- Yosemite Museum & Library: 4.8 mi
- Indian Village: 4.8 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 4.8 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 4.9 mi
- Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center: 5.0 mi
- Valley View Yosemite (Sunset Spot): 0.2 mi
- Valley View Parking: 0.2 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 7.2 mi
- Hetch Hetchy Railroad Number 6: 7.2 mi
- Indian Arch: 7.4 mi
- Moss Spring: 0.3 mi
- Black Spring: 0.4 mi
- Iron Spring: 6.4 mi
- Barrel Spring: 7.3 mi
- Pilot Peak Spring: 14.7 mi
- Rockslides: 0.6 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 1.5 mi
- Profile Cliff: 3.3 mi
- The Fissures: 3.4 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 5.1 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Summit Meadow: 3.0 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- John Muir: 4.5 mi
- World Heritage Site: 4.8 mi
- Foster Curry Cabin: 5.3 mi
- Women's Club Building: 5.4 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 16.6 mi
- El Portal Park: 7.2 mi
- Midpines Park: 19.1 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 22.9 mi
- Mariposa Park: 23.0 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 23.4 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 10.9 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 20.2 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 22.4 mi
- Cat Town: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Fern Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clouds Rest | ENE 69° | 3,028 m | 10.3 mi |
| Buena Vista Peak | SE 136° | 2,956 m | 11.6 mi |
| The Pinnacles | ENE 71° | 2,885 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Starr King | E 96° | 2,767 m | 8.1 mi |
| Half Dome | ENE 73° | 2,694 m | 7.5 mi |
| Indian Rock | NE 53° | 2,592 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Watkins | ENE 60° | 2,590 m | 9.3 mi |
| Boundary Hill | NNE 31° | 2,575 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 73 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 7.0 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yosemite Park HQ, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 213 | 264 | 454 | 1,181 | 2,353 | 1,893 | 638 | 146 | 61.5 | 67.5 | 119 | 179 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Merced R A Pohono Bridge NR Yosemite CA, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Yosemite National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- Common Raven133 obs
- canyon live oak113 obs
- Pacific Dogwood103 obs
- California incense-cedar94 obs
- California black oak93 obs
- bigleaf maple91 obs
- showy milkweed82 obs
- Whiteleaf Manzanita81 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/3437766473
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 5 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 6 mi
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