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Granite Spring

Granite Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Granite Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,451 m. Lippincott Mountain stands 3,731 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Slide Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1451 m
Getting there

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Coordinates36.54447, -118.77804
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 31
Attractions: 28
  • Hanging Rock: 0.5 mi
  • Auto Log: 0.8 mi
  • Buttress Tree: 0.9 mi
  • Booker T. Washington Tree: 0.9 mi
  • Parker Group: 0.9 mi
Waterfalls: 18
Historic sites: 13
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 1.1 mi
  • Old Ranger Station: 2.0 mi
  • Alles Cabin: 8.0 mi
  • Empire Mill Ruins: 11.7 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 1.7 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
Parks: 8
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 3
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 14.7 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 16.0 mi
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 23.1 mi
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 19.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Granite Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lippincott MountainE 98°3,731 m12.1 mi
Mount EisenESE 105°3,714 m12.1 mi
Mount StewartE 82°3,708 m12.5 mi
Eagle Scout PeakE 90°3,658 m12.0 mi
Horn PeakENE 69°3,584 m11.5 mi
Big Bird PeakENE 64°3,536 m10.7 mi
Empire MountainESE 116°3,522 m12.4 mi
Winter AltaENE 62°3,453 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3819:3920:17
September equinox06:4418:1918:54
December solstice07:0416:0416:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576676838277665547
Precip in4.94.34.02.51.20.40.10.00.21.22.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 5 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Mar–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs14916226946374463626857.922.232.343.062.7

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Kaweah R BL Conduit No. 2 NR Hammond CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.

Wildlife nearby
  • giant sequoia804 obs
  • Mule Deer275 obs
  • Pacific Dogwood260 obs
  • American Black Bear230 obs
  • Mountain Pride184 obs
  • Corn Lily183 obs
  • Mountain Misery178 obs
  • Violet draperia163 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/928837463

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