McMurry Spring
McMurry Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,545 m. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Uhlmeyer Spring, a spring 3.3 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Uhlmeyer Spring: 3.3 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 3.6 mi
- Mule Spring: 4.9 mi
- Batchelder Spring: 4.9 mi
- Fish Springs: 6.9 mi
- Black Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Crater Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Andrews Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Fish Springs Hill: 8.6 mi
- Cowhorn: 10.0 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 6.1 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 6.2 mi
- Bishop City Park: 17.8 mi
- Tri County Fairgrounds: 18.3 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 19.3 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 9.7 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 14.6 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 7.4 mi
- Methuselah: 14.2 mi
- Rock Monster: 24.5 mi
- First Falls: 14.9 mi
- Second Falls: 15.4 mi
- Triple Falls: 24.5 mi
- American Mule Museum: 17.9 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 18.0 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 18.4 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 16.1 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 23.5 mi
- White Mountain City: 19.2 mi
- Bend City: 24.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 22.9 mi
- Windy Cliff: 24.3 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of McMurry Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | WSW 253° | 4,343 m | 19.3 mi |
| Starlight Peak | WSW 254° | 4,323.7 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Sill | WSW 253° | 4,316 m | 18.6 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | WSW 253° | 4,298.2 m | 19.2 mi |
| Middle Palisade | WSW 246° | 4,278.2 m | 17.5 mi |
| Split Mountain | SW 232° | 4,269 m | 17.1 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | WSW 254° | 4,268 m | 19.4 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | WSW 245° | 4,258.6 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:59 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 17 mi away.
- Shadscale Saltbush25 obs
- Mojave Woodyaster23 obs
- Spiny Menodora23 obs
- desert saucers19 obs
- Cattle Saltbush18 obs
- littleleaf horsebrush18 obs
- Winterfat17 obs
- Desert Prince's Plume17 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/4469596232
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