Fox Spring
Fox Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,285 m. Spanish Mountain stands 3,064 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Sampson, a peak 0.9 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Sampson: 0.9 mi
- Sontag Point: 1.7 mi
- Johnson Point: 4.8 mi
- Baker Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Jorgensen Point: 5.7 mi
- Trough Spring: 1.9 mi
- Delilah Spring: 3.7 mi
- Clover Meadow Spring: 4.3 mi
- Blue Clay Spring: 7.4 mi
- Lousy Spring: 8.9 mi
- Chicago Stump: 5.7 mi
- Centennial Stump: 6.2 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 6.2 mi
- General Grant Tree: 6.2 mi
- Mark Twain Stump: 7.4 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 11.5 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 13.6 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 14.8 mi
- Sheridan Park: 15.9 mi
- J O Eaton Memorial Park: 16.4 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 17.5 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
- Ella Falls: 6.2 mi
- Viola Falls: 6.4 mi
- Garlic Falls: 9.5 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 12.8 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 18.8 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 21.2 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 21.9 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 22.6 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 23.2 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 23.3 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 22.2 mi
- Alta District Historical Society: 23.3 mi
- Reedley Museum: 23.9 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 24.4 mi
- Jumping Rock: 9.6 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 10.0 mi
- Reedley Beach: 24.5 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 10.5 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 14.8 mi
- Grand Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Bookie Bear: 9.7 mi
- Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 22.9 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 21.0 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 23.8 mi
- Oakhurst: 19.8 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Fox Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Mountain | NE 47° | 3,064 m | 14.2 mi |
| Obelisk | NE 53° | 2,958 m | 15.7 mi |
| Shell Mountain | ESE 108° | 2,920 m | 16.6 mi |
| Wren Peak | ENE 74° | 2,880 m | 16.6 mi |
| Crown Rock | NE 43° | 2,850 m | 17.3 mi |
| Buck Rock | E 101° | 2,591 m | 12.4 mi |
| Patterson Mountain | N 5° | 2,479 m | 14.1 mi |
| Big Baldy | ESE 122° | 2,449 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant Grove, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 34.5 | 51.1 | 72.4 | 127 | 309 | 473 | 149 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 13.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Kings R BL Balch Div Dam CA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- caterpillar scorpionweed9 obs
- turkey mullein8 obs
- Gopher Snake6 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk4 obs
- Prettyface4 obs
- woollypod milkweed4 obs
- Pacific chorus frog3 obs
- California milkweed3 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/9472118127
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