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Marcelin Spring

Marcelin Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Marcelin Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 882 m. Condon Peak stands 1,514 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.01893, -120.48163

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 20
Parks: 15
Rest areas: 4
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Big Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Marcelin Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Condon PeakNNW 340°1,514 m22.0 mi
Wright MountainN 352°1,387 m21.5 mi
Center PeakNNW 328°1,376 m14.9 mi
Castle MountainSE 125°1,312 m9.7 mi
Twin PeaksNNW 327°1,298 m16.8 mi
Flag PeakNNW 346°1,210 m11.4 mi
Smith MountainWNW 303°1,188 m7.6 mi
Charley MountainNW 309°1,180 m13.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4019:14
June solstice05:4619:4520:23
September equinox06:5118:2619:00
December solstice07:1016:1216:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495358637179858478685649
Precip in1.91.81.50.40.30.10.00.00.10.30.51.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coalinga, 11 mi away.

  • Rural Skipper5 obs
  • interior live oak4 obs
  • Toyon4 obs
  • Bernardino Blue4 obs
  • California buckeye3 obs
  • Acmon Blue3 obs
  • Golden Eagle2 obs
  • Cliff Swallow2 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/4516249444

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