Ford Spring
Ford Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,602 m. Mount Morgan stands 3,962 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is McLaughlin Springs, a spring 1.0 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 24 miles off.
How to reach it
- 24.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 25 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 25 mi
- Lembert Dome · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Sagehen Peak: 5.1 mi
- Indiana Summit: 5.3 mi
- Long Valley Caldera: 6.6 mi
- Gilbert Peak: 6.6 mi
- McLaughlin Springs: 1.0 mi
- Bald Mountain Spring: 2.4 mi
- Pilot Spring: 3.7 mi
- Big Springs: 5.8 mi
- Sagehen Spring: 6.1 mi
- Mammoth Elementary School (Historic Location): 9.8 mi
- Mono Mills: 10.0 mi
- Legend of June Lake Slot Machines: 12.3 mi
- Convict Lake: 12.7 mi
- Julia E. Townsend Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Little Creek Hot Springs: 6.2 mi
- Shepherd Hot Springs: 8.0 mi
- Shepherd Hot Springs: 8.0 mi
- Hot Creek Geological Site: 8.1 mi
- Alkali Hot Springs: 8.2 mi
- Clark Canyon: 4.0 mi
- Trails End Park: 11.3 mi
- Community Center Park: 11.7 mi
- Mammoth Creek Park West: 12.1 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 13.1 mi
- The Wave: 4.0 mi
- The Alcove: 4.0 mi
- Sevehah Cliff: 14.0 mi
- The Buttresses: 17.7 mi
- Upper Gorge: 22.7 mi
- Perched Boulder: 12.7 mi
- Crowley Lake Stone Columns: 13.4 mi
- Navy Beach: 14.9 mi
- South Tufa Area: 15.3 mi
- Devils Postpile: 17.1 mi
- Twin Falls: 14.8 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 15.7 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 16.6 mi
- Minarets Falls: 16.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 18.1 mi
- Mono Mills: 9.9 mi
- State Line: 20.1 mi
- Casa Diablo: 20.8 mi
- June Lake Beach: 12.5 mi
- Navy Beach: 15.0 mi
- Danburg Beach: 22.9 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 14.7 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 12.0 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 19.7 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 7.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Ford Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Morgan | S 170° | 3,962 m | 18.8 mi |
| Esha Peak | S 172° | 3,953 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Wood | W 277° | 3,858 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Baldwin | S 182° | 3,838 m | 17.1 mi |
| Bloody Mountain | SSW 194° | 3,825 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Morrison | S 184° | 3,731 m | 15.1 mi |
| The White Fang | S 182° | 3,683.68 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mount Morrison South Summit | S 183° | 3,674.02 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:42 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mammoth Lakes RS, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Mar.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 22.4 | 21.2 | 20.7 | 22.8 | 33.4 | 47.8 | 40.1 | 26.5 | 24.6 | 24.5 | 23.7 | 23.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Deadman C A Big Springs NR Crestview CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- poison angelica11 obs
- two-colored phacelia5 obs
- lodgepole pine4 obs
- transmontane sand-verbena4 obs
- Boisduval's Blue4 obs
- sulfur buckwheat3 obs
- wax currant3 obs
- Field Crescent3 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/8437115070
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 19 mi
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