Hungry Spring
Hungry Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,603 m. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Megs Mud Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Megs Mud Spring: 0.6 mi
- Springfield Spring: 0.7 mi
- Ruth Camp Spring: 1.2 mi
- Corral Spring: 1.3 mi
- Goodwater Spring: 1.6 mi
- Cache Peak: 1.9 mi
- Middle Knob: 2.9 mi
- Red Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Emerald Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park: 7.3 mi
- Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park: 7.9 mi
- Mojave West Park: 10.1 mi
- Mojave East Park: 11.3 mi
- Orchard Park: 13.0 mi
- Historic Water Tower: 13.5 mi
- Historic Tehachapi Depot: 13.5 mi
- Tehachapi Loop: 17.7 mi
- Red cliffs trail: 17.8 mi
- Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 22.8 mi
- Josephine Stephens Bishop: 14.3 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 17.5 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 17.6 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 19.1 mi
- Cudahy camp: 22.1 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 16.2 mi
- Red Cliffs Natural Preserve: 18.1 mi
- Desert Tortoise Habitat Area: 18.9 mi
- Red Rock Canyon State Park: 19.6 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Tehachapi Depot Museum: 13.5 mi
- Tehachapi Museum: 13.6 mi
- Tehachapi Heritage League Museum: 13.6 mi
- Errea House Museum: 13.6 mi
- Errea House Museum: 13.6 mi
- Red Rooster Picnic Site: 16.9 mi
- Donley: 17.0 mi
- Tamarisk Grove: 17.2 mi
- Last Chance Canyon Arch: 23.3 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Hungry Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | NNW 331° | 2,565 m | 19.5 mi |
| Brown Peak | NNW 330° | 2,466 m | 22.4 mi |
| Liebel Peak | NNW 335° | 2,452 m | 23.1 mi |
| Double Mountain | SW 232° | 2,430 m | 18.9 mi |
| Tehachapi Mountain | SW 234° | 2,418 m | 18.3 mi |
| Covington Mountain | SW 227° | 2,392 m | 19.2 mi |
| Inspiration Point | NNW 341° | 2,387 m | 22.6 mi |
| Cummings Mountain | WSW 240° | 2,362 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
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 | 45 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mojave, 11 mi away.
- Beavertail Pricklypear5 obs
- Piute Mountains Triteleia4 obs
- Butterfly Mariposa Lily3 obs
- Western Joshua Tree2 obs
- Tucker's Oak2 obs
- San Francisco Campion2 obs
- Kennedy's Buckwheat2 obs
- Blainville's Horned Lizard2 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/8558685490
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