Frink Spring
Frink Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of -25 m. Black Butte stands 1,349 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Dry Frink Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
How to reach it
72 named places within 25 miles
- Dry Frink Spring: 0.9 mi
- Hot Mineral Spa: 4.5 mi
- Hunter's Spring: 11.8 mi
- Canyon Spring: 11.9 mi
- Gucci Spring: 12.2 mi
- Niland Marina County Park: 2.4 mi
- Wister Waterfowl Management Area: 6.8 mi
- Niland Park: 11.4 mi
- Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge: 16.4 mi
- Calipatria Little League Park: 18.4 mi
- Mullet Island: 10.4 mi
- Bat Caves Buttes: 10.9 mi
- Red Island: 12.2 mi
- Red Hill: 12.3 mi
- Rock Hill: 13.2 mi
- Niland-Geyser: 7.1 mi
- Salt Flats And Steel Cubes (Removed): 12.8 mi
- The Coliseum: 12.9 mi
- The Coliseum: 12.9 mi
- Tank Yard: 20.5 mi
- Bombay Beach: 5.0 mi
- Salton Beach: 15.6 mi
- Sea View Beach: 16.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 17.2 mi
- Betz Beach: 17.5 mi
- Da Vinci Fish: 5.5 mi
- East Jesus: 12.6 mi
- Noah's Ark: 12.7 mi
- Salvation Mountain: 12.7 mi
- General George S. Patton Statue: 20.5 mi
- Camp Young: 21.8 mi
- Shaver's Well: 23.3 mi
- Rock Hill Unit: 13.3 mi
- Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR Unit 1: 20.3 mi
- Salton Sea History Museum & Visitor Center: 19.9 mi
- General George S. Patton Museum: 20.5 mi
- Hot springs of Slab city: 12.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Frink Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Butte | NE 53° | 1,349 m | 21.4 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | NE 47° | 1,235 m | 21.6 mi |
| Orocopia Mountain | NNW 329° | 1,117 m | 15.8 mi |
| Blake Hill | NW 316° | 540 m | 23.7 mi |
| Buried Mountain | NNW 327° | 440 m | 22.8 mi |
| Lion Head Mountain | ESE 105° | 344 m | 17.3 mi |
| Clay Point | WSW 251° | 29 m | 21.4 mi |
| Bat Caves Buttes | WNW 291° | 26 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:19 | 19:56 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:43 | 16:02 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 55 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 82 | 88 | 88 | 82 | 71 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chiriaco Summit, 21 mi away.
- Acmaeodera alicia22 obs
- Baja desert-thorn9 obs
- Acmaeodera acanthicola9 obs
- Brittlebush6 obs
- soft prairie clover4 obs
- Prasinalia cuneata4 obs
- blue palo verde3 obs
- Emory's rockdaisy3 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/12187173637
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