Hines Spring
Hines Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,171 m. Middle Palisade stands 4,278 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Aberdeen Station, a historic site 1.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Seeley Spring: 2.7 mi
- Little Blackrock Spring: 2.7 mi
- Big Seeley Spring: 2.9 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 5.7 mi
- Scotty Spring: 6.0 mi
- Red Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Mazourka Peak: 6.0 mi
- Sawmill Point: 6.6 mi
- Lookout Point: 7.9 mi
- Fish Springs Hill: 8.1 mi
- Arai Pond: 17.6 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 17.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 17.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 17.7 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 17.9 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 14.6 mi
- Rock Monster: 23.4 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 23.5 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 24.4 mi
- Boot Arch: 24.5 mi
- First Falls: 15.6 mi
- Second Falls: 16.4 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 16.7 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 16.8 mi
- Triple Falls: 18.0 mi
- Dehy Park: 12.0 mi
- Independence Park: 12.6 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 13.6 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 13.8 mi
- Merritt Park: 17.7 mi
- Muro Blanco: 16.8 mi
- Windy Cliff: 18.6 mi
- Great Cliffs: 20.5 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 24.8 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 12.3 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 12.3 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 17.9 mi
- Bend City: 12.3 mi
- Kearsarge: 12.8 mi
- San Carlos: 13.3 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 23.4 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 2.3 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 9.8 mi
- Paiute Mural: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Hines Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Palisade | WNW 296° | 4,278.2 m | 14.7 mi |
| Split Mountain | WNW 285° | 4,269 m | 11.0 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | WNW 295° | 4,258.6 m | 14.5 mi |
| Norman Clyde Peak | WNW 296° | 4,245.2 m | 15.1 mi |
| Balcony Peak | WNW 295° | 4,237.2 m | 14.4 mi |
| Birch Mountain | WNW 299° | 4,134 m | 12.0 mi |
| Palisade Crest | WNW 296° | 4,131 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Bolton Brown | WNW 292° | 4,124.3 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:00 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 13 mi away.
- Rubber Rabbitbrush13 obs
- Mojave Indigobush10 obs
- Big Sagebrush9 obs
- Torrey's Saltbush9 obs
- Shadscale Saltbush8 obs
- apricot globemallow7 obs
- alkali heliotrope7 obs
- Yerba Mansa7 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/12717600345
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