Jug Spring
Jug Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,921 m. Florence Peak stands 3,789 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Rock, a peak 1.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1921 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Castle Rock: 1.4 mi
- Hermit Rock: 2.8 mi
- White Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Angora Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Hockett Peak: 5.2 mi
- Trout Meadows Spring: 3.4 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 4.0 mi
- Needle Spring: 5.4 mi
- Camp Nelson soda spring: 8.3 mi
- Peppermint Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
- Alder Creek Slides: 11.1 mi
- Volcano Falls: 11.8 mi
- Nobe Young Falls: 13.0 mi
- Cholollo Falls: 13.4 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 5.9 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 7.5 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 17.1 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 19.5 mi
- Alles Cabin: 21.8 mi
- Cabin 242: 15.6 mi
- Cabin 236: 15.6 mi
- Cabin 240: 15.6 mi
- Cabin 234: 15.7 mi
- R-Ranch Adult Building: 15.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 12.6 mi
- Natural Arch: 12.6 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
- Window Cliffs: 14.8 mi
- Parker Bluffs: 15.5 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 18.3 mi
- Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 19.7 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Jug Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Peak | NNW 344° | 3,788.7 m | 15.3 mi |
| Bullfrog Peak | NNW 343° | 3,755 m | 14.2 mi |
| Vandever Mountain | NNW 337° | 3,636 m | 15.3 mi |
| Falcon Peak | NNW 336° | 3,583.8 m | 15.1 mi |
| Tulare Peak | NNW 342° | 3,536.5 m | 15.9 mi |
| Kern Peak | NE 53° | 3,499 m | 13.0 mi |
| Coyote Peaks | N 10° | 3,276 m | 8.3 mi |
| Three Rocks | NE 43° | 3,243 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
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 | 48 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 28 mi away.
- California milkweed11 obs
- harlequin monkeyflower5 obs
- Mountain Misery4 obs
- sugar pine4 obs
- canyon live oak3 obs
- Mountain Pride3 obs
- bush chinquapin3 obs
- fineflowered gilia3 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/8767404030
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