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Grover Anton Spring

Grover Anton Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Grover Anton Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,558 m. Split Mountain stands 4,269 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Harry Birch Springs, a spring 1.8 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.88356, -118.28767

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites: 19
  • Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 8.1 mi
  • Aberdeen Station: 8.7 mi
  • Prospect: 9.9 mi
  • Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 11.0 mi
  • Shorty's Gardiner Basin Cabin: 12.4 mi
Attractions: 16
  • Chicken Ranch: 18.6 mi
  • Boot Arch: 19.3 mi
  • Man of Steel (movie site): 19.4 mi
  • Cyclops Skull Arch: 19.4 mi
  • Iron Man (movie site): 19.7 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Rose Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Arai Pond: 12.8 mi
  • Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Upper Gardiner Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Lower Gardiner Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Mist Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Triple Falls: 16.4 mi
  • First Falls: 18.8 mi
Natural arches: 8
  • Mobius Arch: 20.7 mi
  • Lathe Arch: 20.7 mi
  • Heart Arch: 20.7 mi
  • Whitney Portal Arch: 20.8 mi
  • Hitching Post Arch: 21.8 mi
Parks: 6
Museums: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Paiute Mural: 12.9 mi
  • Miss Alabama: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 20.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Grover Anton Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Split MountainNW 322°4,269 m12.1 mi
Mount StanfordSSW 206°4,260.2 m13.8 mi
Gregory's MonumentSSW 206°4,254.4 m13.9 mi
Mount KeithSSW 194°4,249 m13.0 mi
Junction PeakSSW 198°4,224 m14.0 mi
University PeakSSW 204°4,138 m10.2 mi
Mount Bolton BrownNW 323°4,124.3 m14.1 mi
Mount PinchotNW 304°4,113.6 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3119:05
June solstice05:3519:3820:16
September equinox06:4218:1718:52
December solstice07:0316:0116:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444754606979858376645243
Precip in1.40.90.70.20.10.10.10.10.10.20.50.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 8 mi away.

  • distant phacelia2 obs
  • Spotted Wing Grasshopper2 obs
  • Loggerhead Shrike1 obs
  • Mount Lyell Salamander1 obs
  • Panamint Rattlesnake1 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard1 obs
  • Pallid-winged Grasshopper1 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9233872600

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