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Jack Gunn Spring

Jack Gunn Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Jack Gunn Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,381 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is French Madam Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.23916, -117.46984

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 36
Historic sites: 26
  • Osborn Cabin: 2.5 mi
  • Kopper Cabin: 13.3 mi
  • Abandoned Old Vehicles: 13.4 mi
  • Abandoned Old Vehicles: 13.4 mi
  • Abandoned Old Vehicles: 13.5 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Artworks: 3
Attractions: 2
  • F-14 Tomcat airplane: 5.8 mi
  • Chinook helicopter: 5.9 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Telephone Arch: 22.6 mi
  • Conglomerate Double Arch: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Darwin community garden: 7.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jack Gunn Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telescope PeakESE 103°3,369 m21.8 mi
Rogers PeakE 94°3,045 m21.5 mi
Bennett PeakE 96°3,027 m21.2 mi
Sentinel PeakESE 114°2,936.4 m24.0 mi
Wildrose PeakE 83°2,763 m21.9 mi
Maturango PeakS 190°2,670 m8.3 mi
Parkinson PeakS 186°2,662 m9.6 mi
Parrot PointS 183°2,540 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:02
June solstice05:3419:3320:11
September equinox06:3918:1418:48
December solstice06:5815:5916:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394248546272787770594738
Precip in1.21.50.80.20.20.10.20.10.20.30.31.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 28 mi away.

  • Desert Collared Lizard3 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus3 obs
  • Parry's lip fern2 obs
  • Bighorn Sheep1 obs
  • Painted Lady1 obs
  • golden desert-snapdragon1 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear1 obs
  • Sacred Datura1 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/9233685833

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