Lafler Creek Spring
Lafler Creek Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 625 m. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Boronda Ridge, a peak 0.4 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 0.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Seasonal
- spring
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 3 mi
- Bench · 4 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 15 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Boronda Ridge: 0.4 mi
- Timber Top: 0.7 mi
- Mount Olmstead: 2.0 mi
- Michaels Hill: 2.4 mi
- Island Mountain: 3.9 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 2.1 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 3.7 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 3.9 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park: 4.5 mi
- Big Creek State Marine Conservation Area: 7.6 mi
- McWay Falls: 4.2 mi
- Pfeiffer Falls: 5.0 mi
- Pine Falls: 7.4 mi
- Highbride Falls: 7.8 mi
- Firehose Falls: 8.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 1.9 mi
- Quail Spring: 10.4 mi
- Pat Springs: 10.8 mi
- Hot Spring: 11.2 mi
- Redondo Spring: 11.3 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 4.2 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 5.7 mi
- Esalen Institute: 7.2 mi
- Rigdon Drinking Fountain (disused): 12.6 mi
- Devil's Falls: 13.4 mi
- Tractor: 1.3 mi
- Tin House: 2.8 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 9.1 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 12.7 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 4.8 mi
- Point Sur State Historic Park: 11.9 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse Reservation: 12.4 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 13.4 mi
- Carmel Valley Community Park: 18.9 mi
- Wreck Beach: 5.0 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 6.1 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 24.0 mi
- Gibson Beach: 24.1 mi
- Hidden Beach: 24.4 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 8.9 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 22.3 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 24.1 mi
- Whalers Cabin and Whaling Station Museum: 24.9 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 13.2 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 19.9 mi
- Sand Dollar Picnic Area and Beach: 24.2 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 3.2 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 6.1 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 11.5 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 12.4 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Lafler Creek Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | ESE 105° | 1,784 m | 17.0 mi |
| Cone Peak | SE 132° | 1,572 m | 16.3 mi |
| Chews Ridge | NE 49° | 1,549 m | 10.8 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | NE 43° | 1,517 m | 6.3 mi |
| Black Butte | ENE 67° | 1,497 m | 10.5 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | N 360° | 1,477 m | 6.1 mi |
| Twin Peak | SE 133° | 1,468 m | 15.8 mi |
| Uncle Sam Mountain | N 3° | 1,445 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:17 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 51 |
| Precip in | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG SUR STN, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Apr — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 239 | 267 | 227 | 143 | 65.9 | 37.4 | 24.0 | 17.8 | 15.4 | 19.4 | 38.5 | 105 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Big Sur R NR Big Sur CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8796706010
Day trips start here
- Carmel Valley · 19 mi
- Carmel · 26 mi
- Carmel Point · 26 mi
- Soledad · 26 mi
- Monterey · 29 mi
- Seaside · 29 mi
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