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Indian Spring

Indian Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Indian Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,275 m. Highland Peak stands 3,324 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dome Two, a peak 1.3 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 8.1 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.71300, -119.58818

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 31
Parks: 30
Historic sites: 7
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Carson Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Llewellyn Falls: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Peep Sight: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Indian Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Highland PeakSW 218°3,324 m14.8 mi
Jobs SisterWNW 303°3,299 m19.0 mi
Whitecliff PeakS 189°3,296 m19.4 mi
Silver PeakSW 222°3,283 m13.9 mi
Jobs PeakNW 304°3,233 m17.8 mi
Fish Valley PeakS 177°3,209 m19.2 mi
Antelope PeakS 174°3,124 m16.8 mi
Arnot PeakSSW 209°3,059 m19.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3619:11
June solstice05:3519:4720:27
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1415:5916:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353843485665737264534234
Precip in0.60.41.10.40.60.10.30.30.20.20.71.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topaz Lake, 4 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs0.20.20.20.30.30.20.20.20.20.20.20.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Aspen C Abv Leviathan Mine NR Markleeville CA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • nettle-leaf giant hyssop7 obs
  • singleleaf pinyon5 obs
  • branching phacelia4 obs
  • Low Phacelia4 obs
  • western Jacob's ladder4 obs
  • Yellow Salsify3 obs
  • woolly mule's ears3 obs
  • mountain coyote mint3 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/7436472578

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