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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 521 m. Big Baldy stands 2,449 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Schoolhouse Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.51595, -119.07623

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Springs: 30
Attractions: 30
  • Tunnel Rock: 14.7 mi
  • Crystal Cave: 14.8 mi
  • Mark Twain Stump: 15.2 mi
  • Lower Stony Creek: 16.9 mi
  • Centennial Stump: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Museums: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 16.9 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
Artworks: 4
  • Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 17.7 mi
  • Bookie Bear: 18.2 mi
  • End of Trail Statue: 21.0 mi
  • World's Largest Olive: 21.6 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Old Ranger Station: 14.9 mi
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 17.7 mi
  • Alles Cabin: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 4.3 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 6.6 mi
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • C. H. Warlow Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Indian Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big BaldyNE 45°2,449 m15.2 mi
Chimney RockNE 50°2,350.3 m15.0 mi
Redwood MountainNE 36°2,139 m14.3 mi
Colony PeakENE 77°1,870 m14.4 mi
Logger PointNNE 19°1,733 m13.6 mi
Ash PeaksE 87°1,709 m13.1 mi
Eshom PointNE 43°1,551 m11.1 mi
Yucca MountainENE 71°1,497 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:08
June solstice05:3919:4020:19
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0516:0516:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495358627077838176675648
Precip in2.72.32.51.40.60.10.00.00.10.71.32.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lemon Cove, 10 mi away.

  • Western Rattlesnake2 obs
  • Northern Flicker1 obs
  • Gopher Snake1 obs
  • Bobcat1 obs
  • Striped Coralroot1 obs
  • spiny-sepaled button-celery1 obs
  • Kellogg's Tarweed1 obs
  • alpine jelly cone1 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/10215141314

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