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Hermit Spring

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Elevation, modelled
1,754 m
Tallest summit within 20.4 miles
Thimble Peak2,988 m · 19.1 mi
Nearest byway
Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway3.7 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:29local time
Coordinates
38.4242, -120.2390
Hermit Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Hermit Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled 1,754 m. Thimble Peak stands 2,988 m to the north-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Poison Spring, a spring 3.7 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 3.7 miles off.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Hermit Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thimble PeakNNE 30°2,988 m19.1 mi
Deadwood PeakNE 43°2,987 m19.4 mi
Melissa Coray PeakNE 34°2,977 m19.1 mi
Covered Wagon PeakNNE 33°2,918 m19.1 mi
Dardanelles ConeE 94°2,905 m19.9 mi
Fourth of July PeakNE 36°2,896 m20.0 mi
Bull Run PeakE 79°2,893 m19.1 mi
Thunder MountainNNE 25°2,865 m19.0 mi

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:3819:4920:29
September equinox06:4918:2519:00
December solstice07:1516:0316:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F383840455261686762534337
Precip in10.69.88.54.62.80.90.10.10.42.95.29.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Calaveras BIG Trees, 11 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in Jun, leanest in Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs93.510714127374687820169.356.947.056.681.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Mokelumne R BL Salt Springs Dam CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

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