Indian Spring
Indian Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,362 m. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Diaz Lake Recreation Area, a park 1.5 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
How to reach it
- 28.9 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Wonoga Peak: 5.8 mi
- Owens Point: 5.8 mi
- Haystack: 6.0 mi
- Timosea Peak: 7.2 mi
- Woollyback: 7.7 mi
- Reinhackle Spring: 9.0 mi
- French Spring: 9.2 mi
- Goat Springs: 10.9 mi
- SB23 intermittent spring: 11.2 mi
- Bed Spring: 11.7 mi
- Yellow Sky (movie site): 3.3 mi
- Lone Ranger Canyon (movie site): 3.5 mi
- Django Unchained (movie site): 3.5 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 3.9 mi
- Sherwood Forest Tree: 3.9 mi
- Cousin Jack: 2.9 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 2.9 mi
- Donald D. Brooks: 6.4 mi
- Walt's Point: 6.4 mi
- Old dump truck bed: 7.3 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 2.4 mi
- Palette Arch: 2.5 mi
- Taco Bell Arch: 3.2 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 3.2 mi
- Heart Arch: 4.3 mi
- Administration Circle Garden: 11.9 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 11.9 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 12.0 mi
- Barracks Garden: 12.1 mi
- Kado's Garden: 12.1 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 17.6 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 18.9 mi
- Children's Tub: 24.0 mi
- Crystal Pool: 24.0 mi
- Bat Pool: 24.0 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 2.3 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 2.3 mi
- Chocolate Block: 2.4 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 2.5 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 3.8 mi
- Swansea: 10.2 mi
- Keeler: 12.6 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 16.0 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 16.0 mi
- San Carlos: 17.0 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Spainhower Park: 3.4 mi
- Merritt Park: 12.4 mi
- Independence Park: 17.5 mi
- Dehy Park: 18.2 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 3.0 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 3.3 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 12.1 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 17.9 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 18.0 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 19.6 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 20.1 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 20.4 mi
- Volcano Falls: 22.5 mi
- Miss Alabama: 2.6 mi
- Paiute Mural: 12.3 mi
- Bat Pole: 21.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 16.8 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Indian Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | W 276° | 4,419.6 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Williamson | WNW 297° | 4,383 m | 14.3 mi |
| Keeler Needle | W 275° | 4,361.2 m | 11.7 mi |
| Crooks Peak | W 275° | 4,341.7 m | 11.6 mi |
| Lewis Peak | W 274° | 4,306.7 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Russell | W 280° | 4,296 m | 11.8 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | W 274° | 4,289 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Langley | WSW 253° | 4,277 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:36 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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, 18 mi away.
- Yellow-headed Blackbird60 obs
- Yerba Mansa45 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear28 obs
- narrowleaf milkweed26 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle25 obs
- Desert Trumpet20 obs
- California Quail18 obs
- Greasewood16 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/9245083026
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