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McLaughlin Springs

McLaughlin Springs, seen from above at true elevation

McLaughlin Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,657 m. Parker Peak stands 3,919 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ford Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 24 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.79295, -118.83662

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 39
Historic sites: 17
Hot springs: 12
  • Little Creek Hot Springs: 7.1 mi
  • Shepherd Hot Springs: 8.9 mi
  • Shepherd Hot Springs: 8.9 mi
  • Alkali Hot Springs: 9.0 mi
  • Hot Creek Geological Site: 9.1 mi
Parks: 11
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 6
Waterfalls: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Museums: 2
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of McLaughlin Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Parker PeakW 275°3,919 m19.0 mi
Mount WoodW 274°3,858 m18.0 mi
Mount BaldwinS 183°3,838 m18.0 mi
Bloody MountainSSW 194°3,825 m16.5 mi
Mount MorrisonS 184°3,731 m16.0 mi
The White FangS 183°3,683.68 m17.3 mi
Mount Morrison South SummitS 184°3,674.02 m16.5 mi
Laurel MountainSSW 192°3,604 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3319:08
June solstice05:3419:4220:21
September equinox06:4418:1918:54
December solstice07:0815:5916:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F292934394756636256463629
Precip in4.23.83.31.51.50.50.50.50.51.42.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mammoth Lakes RS, 12 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Mar.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs22.421.220.722.833.447.840.126.524.624.523.723.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Deadman C A Big Springs NR Crestview CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • poison angelica11 obs
  • Marine Blue5 obs
  • two-colored phacelia5 obs
  • Boisduval's Blue5 obs
  • Lorquin's Admiral4 obs
  • Checkered White4 obs
  • transmontane sand-verbena4 obs
  • sulfur buckwheat4 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/8437115067

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