Jordan Spring
Jordan Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,751 m. Mount Dana stands 3,976 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Copper Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 10 miles off.
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 10 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 13 mi
- Lembert Dome · 14 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Copper Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Mount Olsen: 2.1 mi
- Gilcrest Peak: 3.3 mi
- Dunderberg Peak: 3.5 mi
- Black Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 4.7 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 5.4 mi
- Coyote Spring: 8.1 mi
- Warm Spring: 11.2 mi
- Kirkwood Spring: 11.3 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 2.6 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 6.6 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 8.0 mi
- Lee Vining: 8.6 mi
- Memorial to the Unknown Prospector: 13.4 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 10.8 mi
- White Cascade: 15.3 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 15.3 mi
- California Falls: 15.8 mi
- LeConte Falls: 16.0 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 3.9 mi
- Dog Town: 7.9 mi
- Bennettville: 8.6 mi
- Bodie: 15.3 mi
- Mono Mills: 18.0 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 4.6 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 8.3 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 11.0 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 15.5 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 20.5 mi
- Dore Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Locomotive Point: 16.1 mi
- The Alcove: 24.6 mi
- The Wave: 24.6 mi
- Upside-Down House: 8.4 mi
- South Tufa Area: 12.7 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 13.1 mi
- Navy Beach: 13.1 mi
- Perched Boulder: 20.3 mi
- Danburg Beach: 5.0 mi
- Navy Beach: 13.0 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 17.2 mi
- June Lake Beach: 19.7 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 8.4 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 13.9 mi
- Mono County Museum: 13.9 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 15.2 mi
- Warm Springs: 16.7 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 22.8 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Jordan Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dana | S 183° | 3,976 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Gibbs | S 180° | 3,893 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Conness | SW 224° | 3,825 m | 8.6 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | WSW 247° | 3,791 m | 5.6 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | W 280° | 3,774 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Warren | S 188° | 3,758 m | 4.6 mi |
| Twin Peaks | WNW 283° | 3,756 m | 8.3 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | WNW 285° | 3,749.3 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:44 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:00 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LEE Vining, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jun–Aug — fullest in Jul, leanest in Feb.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 4.6 | 19.0 | 26.4 | 7.7 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mill C BL Lundy LK NR Lee Vining CA, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- quaking aspen30 obs
- Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily26 obs
- woolly mule's ears26 obs
- tall woolly wild buckwheat19 obs
- Toothed Owl's Clover16 obs
- lodgepole pine14 obs
- sulfur buckwheat13 obs
- Mule Deer12 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/7929438100
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 11 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 29 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 30 mi
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