Iron Spring
Iron Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,635 m. Mount Langley stands 4,277 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Canyon Dome, a peak 1.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Canyon Dome: 1.5 mi
- Brown Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Templeton Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Little Templeton Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Indian Head: 4.3 mi
- Olivas Spring: 2.7 mi
- River Spring: 4.2 mi
- Soda Springs: 4.5 mi
- Aqua Bonita Spring: 10.1 mi
- Soda Spring: 12.2 mi
- Lemon Inn: 10.5 mi
- Dirty Socks: 12.0 mi
- Boulder Creek: 20.8 mi
- Seven Men from Now (movie site): 23.2 mi
- Yellow Sky (movie site): 23.2 mi
- Walt's Point: 14.7 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 18.8 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 19.2 mi
- Donald D. Brooks: 22.5 mi
- Keeler Ruins: 23.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 11.1 mi
- Natural Arch: 11.2 mi
- Palette Arch: 22.0 mi
- Gunga Din Arch: 22.1 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 22.9 mi
- Volcano Falls: 11.8 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 17.8 mi
- Peppermint Creek Falls: 21.3 mi
- Alder Creek Slides: 23.8 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 24.7 mi
- Window Cliffs: 12.5 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 21.8 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 22.0 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 22.0 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 22.0 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 14.8 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 18.0 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 21.6 mi
- Spainhower Park: 24.5 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 24.0 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 24.3 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 11.0 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Miss Alabama: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Iron Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Langley | N 354° | 4,277 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount LeConte | N 352° | 4,245.9 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Corcoran | N 352° | 4,194 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Pickering | NNW 345° | 4,105 m | 18.2 mi |
| Joe Devel Peak | NNW 343° | 4,063 m | 17.5 mi |
| Cirque Peak | N 353° | 3,930 m | 14.2 mi |
| Woollyback | N 0° | 3,913 m | 16.4 mi |
| The Miter | N 350° | 3,892 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 17 mi away.
- Kelley's Lily2 obs
- Redstem Stork's-bill1 obs
- Wright's buckwheat1 obs
- Freckled Milkvetch1 obs
- Bruneau Mariposa Lily1 obs
- Ramshaw Meadows Abronia1 obs
- Layne milkvetch1 obs
- One-seeded Pussypaws1 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/9254889588
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