Kirkwood Spring
Kirkwood Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,048 m. Mount Dana stands 3,976 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 21 miles off.
How to reach it
- 21.4 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 21 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 24 mi
- Lembert Dome · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf: 4.2 mi
- Mount Biedeman: 5.0 mi
- Silver Hill: 5.2 mi
- Bodie Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Cedar Hill: 8.2 mi
- Kirkwood Spring: 2.4 mi
- Well: 2.4 mi
- Waford Spring: 3.0 mi
- Flowing Well: 3.3 mi
- Murphy Spring: 5.8 mi
- Catholic Church (site): 5.6 mi
- Bottle Works (Site): 5.7 mi
- Stone Ruins: 5.8 mi
- Carpenter Shop: 5.8 mi
- Machinery: 5.8 mi
- Bodie: 5.8 mi
- Aurora: 11.7 mi
- Dog Town: 12.1 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 14.9 mi
- Mono Mills: 17.0 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 6.0 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 11.9 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 13.3 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 14.2 mi
- Clark Canyon: 24.0 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Locomotive Point: 14.1 mi
- Dore Cliff: 18.3 mi
- The Alcove: 24.0 mi
- The Wave: 24.0 mi
- South Tufa Area: 13.3 mi
- Navy Beach: 13.4 mi
- Upside-Down House: 14.2 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 14.5 mi
- Perched Boulder: 24.6 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 5.8 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 14.2 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 16.0 mi
- Mono County Museum: 16.1 mi
- Warm Springs: 8.3 mi
- Booker Hot Spring: 24.7 mi
- Walker River Hot Spring: 24.8 mi
- Danburg Beach: 11.7 mi
- Navy Beach: 13.4 mi
- June Lake Beach: 23.8 mi
- The Elbow: 20.9 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 21.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Kirkwood Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dana | SW 219° | 3,976 m | 20.8 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | WSW 247° | 3,791 m | 19.2 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | WSW 254° | 3,774 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Warren | SW 233° | 3,758 m | 16.5 mi |
| Twin Peaks | W 261° | 3,756 m | 20.9 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | W 261° | 3,731 m | 20.6 mi |
| North Peak | WSW 240° | 3,728 m | 21.0 mi |
| Virginia Peak | WSW 258° | 3,657 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:59 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 25 | 29 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 57 | 56 | 50 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bodie California ST Historic P, 6 mi away.
- Big Sagebrush3 obs
- Western Fence Lizard2 obs
- California Gull1 obs
- Long-eared Owl1 obs
- Green Ephedra1 obs
- Fourwing Saltbush1 obs
- Birdcage Evening Primrose1 obs
- Freckled Milkvetch1 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/7921871532
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 8 mi
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