Lava Springs
Lava Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,548 m. Eagle Peak stands 3,603 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fales Hot Spring, a hot spring 3.7 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
How to reach it
- 23.7 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 24.2 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Patterson: 5.3 mi
- Bush Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Wheeler Peak: 5.8 mi
- Volcanic Butte: 6.8 mi
- South Sister: 7.4 mi
- Doe Springs: 8.2 mi
- Buck Springs: 8.7 mi
- Clinton Spring: 8.7 mi
- Wild Horse Spring: 9.4 mi
- Fourth of July Spring: 9.7 mi
- Nugent Cabin: 7.8 mi
- Clinton: 8.9 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 12.0 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 20.9 mi
- Hoye Bridge: 22.4 mi
- Bridgeport: 7.6 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 7.6 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 7.8 mi
- Walker Community Park: 8.8 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 21.0 mi
- Silver Falls: 9.3 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 10.9 mi
- Llewellyn Falls: 12.0 mi
- Sardine Falls: 14.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 16.5 mi
- Sweetwater: 12.5 mi
- Masonic: 15.5 mi
- Dog Town: 19.4 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 22.2 mi
- Rockland: 23.6 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 3.7 mi
- Walker River Hot Spring: 23.2 mi
- Booker Hot Spring: 23.5 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 4.5 mi
- The Elbow: 19.2 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Mono County Museum: 13.5 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 13.6 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 24.6 mi
- Locomotive Point: 15.5 mi
- East Flange Rock: 23.3 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 11.1 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 21.2 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 15.0 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Lava Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | S 183° | 3,603 m | 15.6 mi |
| Hunewill Peak | S 189° | 3,562 m | 17.2 mi |
| Victoria Peak | S 186° | 3,561 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Patterson | ENE 66° | 3,552 m | 5.3 mi |
| Wheeler Peak | E 81° | 3,545 m | 5.8 mi |
| Walker Mountain | SSW 200° | 3,524 m | 12.4 mi |
| Leavitt Peak | WSW 240° | 3,516 m | 16.2 mi |
| Hanna Mountain | SSW 198° | 3,491 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:46 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 14 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 75.0 | 76.0 | 118 | 316 | 801 | 955 | 483 | 144 | 68.8 | 55.8 | 64.3 | 67.2 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge W Walker RV Blw L Walker RV NR Coleville, CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Sierra juniper34 obs
- quaking aspen19 obs
- Waxy Checkerbloom6 obs
- Low Phacelia6 obs
- western columbine5 obs
- Columbian Monkshood4 obs
- red fir4 obs
- Curlleaf Mountain Mahogany4 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/4692990514
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