Iron Spring
Iron Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 971 m. Center Peak stands 1,376 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Marcelin Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Reason Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 1.4 mi
- Black Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Oliver Rock: 2.0 mi
- Rutan Rock: 2.5 mi
- Marcelin Spring: 0.7 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 1.0 mi
- Quesada Spring: 1.5 mi
- Castro Spring: 1.7 mi
- Iron Spring: 2.0 mi
- Coalinga Mineral Springs County Park: 10.4 mi
- William Keck Memorial Park: 10.6 mi
- Lynch Family Park: 11.0 mi
- Olsen Park: 11.3 mi
- Coalinga Memorial Bowl: 11.4 mi
- Camp Roberts Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- Camp Roberts Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Coalinga Avenal Safety Roadside Rest Area - Northbound: 20.9 mi
- Shandon Rest Area: 24.2 mi
- R C Baker Memorial Museum: 10.8 mi
- Camp Roberts Historical Museum: 21.4 mi
- Mission San Miguel Arcángel: 22.2 mi
- Caltrans Fallen Workers Memorial District: 20.7 mi
- James Dean Memorial: 22.1 mi
- Big Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Iron Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Peak | NNW 328° | 1,376 m | 15.7 mi |
| Castle Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,312 m | 9.0 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NNW 327° | 1,298 m | 17.5 mi |
| Flag Peak | NNW 345° | 1,210 m | 12.1 mi |
| Smith Mountain | NW 305° | 1,188 m | 8.3 mi |
| Charley Mountain | NW 310° | 1,180 m | 14.0 mi |
| Round Mountain | NW 325° | 1,156 m | 19.0 mi |
| Sherman Peak | NNW 340° | 1,148 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:45 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:12 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 58 | 63 | 71 | 79 | 85 | 84 | 78 | 68 | 56 | 49 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coalinga, 11 mi away.
- Rural Skipper5 obs
- chaparral yucca5 obs
- Cobwebby Thistle4 obs
- Bernardino Blue4 obs
- interior live oak3 obs
- California buckeye3 obs
- Toyon3 obs
- Butterfly Mariposa Lily3 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/876785208
Day trips start here
- San Miguel · 22 mi
- Paso Robles · 28 mi
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