Hartley Springs
Hartley Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,641 m. Mount Ritter stands 4,007 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Obsidian Dome, a peak 1.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 15 miles off.
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Disappearing Meadows · 15 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 16 mi
- Lembert Dome · 18 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Obsidian Dome: 1.3 mi
- Wilson Butte: 1.3 mi
- Mount Downs: 1.3 mi
- Rainbow Summit: 1.6 mi
- Glass Creek Dome: 2.1 mi
- Big Springs: 5.6 mi
- Bald Mountain Spring: 8.9 mi
- Pilot Spring: 10.1 mi
- Reds Meadow Hot Springs: 10.4 mi
- Antelope Spring: 10.8 mi
- Legend of June Lake Slot Machines: 2.5 mi
- Memorial to the Unknown Prospector: 8.7 mi
- Mono Mills: 9.4 mi
- Mill City Mine: 10.5 mi
- Julia E. Townsend Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 4.8 mi
- Minarets Falls: 9.2 mi
- Twin Falls: 10.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 11.7 mi
- Lower Rainbow Falls: 12.2 mi
- free natural hot pool: 10.4 mi
- Little Creek Hot Springs: 12.1 mi
- Hot Spring: 12.2 mi
- Hot Creek Geological Site: 13.7 mi
- Shepherd Hot Springs: 14.7 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 2.3 mi
- Clark Canyon: 7.1 mi
- Community Center Park: 8.6 mi
- Valentine Reserve Ecological Study Area: 9.9 mi
- Mammoth Creek Park West: 9.9 mi
- The Alcove: 7.1 mi
- The Wave: 7.1 mi
- The Buttresses: 11.0 mi
- Sevehah Cliff: 15.7 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 16.8 mi
- Perched Boulder: 2.1 mi
- Devils Postpile: 10.1 mi
- Navy Beach: 12.0 mi
- South Tufa Area: 12.2 mi
- Upside-Down House: 13.9 mi
- June Lake Beach: 2.4 mi
- Navy Beach: 12.1 mi
- Danburg Beach: 17.9 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 7.7 mi
- Mono Mills: 9.4 mi
- Bennettville: 16.8 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 10.1 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 13.9 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 4.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Hartley Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ritter | WSW 238° | 4,007 m | 10.2 mi |
| Kuna Peak | WNW 289° | 3,958 m | 9.7 mi |
| Koip Peak | WNW 290° | 3,954 m | 9.4 mi |
| Banner Peak | WSW 240° | 3,940 m | 9.7 mi |
| Parker Peak | WNW 292° | 3,919 m | 8.5 mi |
| Blacktop Peak | WNW 282° | 3,881 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Wood | WNW 293° | 3,858 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Lewis | WNW 303° | 3,765 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:00 | 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, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 30.2 | 35.4 | 39.9 | 34.0 | 52.3 | 62.6 | 59.2 | 38.5 | 38.3 | 40.8 | 34.1 | 30.3 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Rush C PP Tailrace NR June Lake CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- fernbush30 obs
- Jeffrey pine28 obs
- sulfur buckwheat23 obs
- pumice alpinegold23 obs
- Blushing Monkeyflower18 obs
- lodgepole pine17 obs
- woodland pinedrops15 obs
- Antelope Bitterbrush14 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/901293646
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 17 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 28 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 29 mi
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