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Little Blackrock Spring

Little Blackrock Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Little Blackrock Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,168 m. Middle Palisade stands 4,278 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Division Creek Rest Area, a rest area 0.5 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.93933, -118.23603

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 16
  • Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 17.0 mi
  • Chicken Ranch: 21.0 mi
  • Man of Steel (movie site): 21.9 mi
  • Boot Arch: 21.9 mi
  • Cyclops Skull Arch: 22.1 mi
Historic sites: 15
  • Aberdeen Station: 4.0 mi
  • Prospect: 5.1 mi
  • Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 11.8 mi
  • Monola: 14.1 mi
  • Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Arai Pond: 15.1 mi
  • Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 15.1 mi
  • Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Upper Gardiner Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Lower Gardiner Falls: 14.9 mi
  • First Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Triple Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Second Falls: 18.1 mi
Parks: 6
Cliffs: 6
Natural arches: 6
  • Mobius Arch: 23.3 mi
  • Lathe Arch: 23.3 mi
  • Heart Arch: 23.3 mi
  • Whitney Portal Arch: 23.7 mi
  • Hitching Post Arch: 24.3 mi
Museums: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • South Lake Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
  • La Hupp Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 2
  • Paiute Mural: 15.2 mi
  • Miss Alabama: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Little Blackrock Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Middle PalisadeNW 305°4,278.2 m15.7 mi
Split MountainWNW 299°4,269 m11.7 mi
Disappointment PeakNW 305°4,258.6 m15.6 mi
Norman Clyde PeakNW 305°4,245.2 m16.1 mi
Balcony PeakNW 305°4,237.2 m15.5 mi
University PeakSSW 208°4,138 m14.9 mi
Birch MountainNW 310°4,134 m13.2 mi
Mount Bolton BrownWNW 303°4,124.3 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3119:05
June solstice05:3519:3820:16
September equinox06:4218:1718:51
December solstice07:0316:0016:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444754606979858376645243
Precip in1.40.90.70.20.10.10.10.10.10.20.50.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 10 mi away.

  • Brewer's Blackbird12 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard11 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush9 obs
  • Big Sagebrush8 obs
  • Wallace's woollydaisy7 obs
  • Scale Bud6 obs
  • Variegated Meadowhawk6 obs
  • House Sparrow5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9238401501

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