Megs Mud Spring
Megs Mud Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,555 m. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hungry Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hungry Spring: 0.6 mi
- Springfield Spring: 0.8 mi
- Ruth Camp Spring: 1.0 mi
- Golden Oaks Spring: 1.0 mi
- Corral Spring: 1.1 mi
- Cache Peak: 1.5 mi
- Middle Knob: 3.6 mi
- Emerald Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Red Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park: 7.6 mi
- Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park: 8.3 mi
- Mojave West Park: 10.7 mi
- Mojave East Park: 11.9 mi
- Aviator Park and Campground: 13.3 mi
- Historic Water Tower: 13.7 mi
- Historic Tehachapi Depot: 13.8 mi
- Red cliffs trail: 17.4 mi
- Tehachapi Loop: 17.7 mi
- Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 23.5 mi
- Josephine Stephens Bishop: 14.0 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 17.5 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 17.6 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 19.0 mi
- Cudahy camp: 21.7 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 16.3 mi
- Red Cliffs Natural Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Desert Tortoise Habitat Area: 18.9 mi
- Red Rock Canyon State Park: 19.3 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 19.9 mi
- Tehachapi Depot Museum: 13.8 mi
- Tehachapi Museum: 13.8 mi
- Tehachapi Heritage League Museum: 13.8 mi
- Errea House Museum: 13.9 mi
- Errea House Museum: 13.9 mi
- Red Rooster Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
- Donley: 16.7 mi
- Tamarisk Grove: 16.9 mi
- Last Chance Canyon Arch: 22.9 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Megs Mud Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | NNW 330° | 2,565 m | 18.9 mi |
| Brown Peak | NNW 329° | 2,466 m | 21.9 mi |
| Liebel Peak | NNW 334° | 2,452 m | 22.6 mi |
| Double Mountain | SW 230° | 2,430 m | 19.3 mi |
| Tehachapi Mountain | SW 232° | 2,418 m | 18.6 mi |
| Covington Mountain | SW 226° | 2,392 m | 19.7 mi |
| Inspiration Point | NNW 340° | 2,387 m | 22.0 mi |
| Cummings Mountain | WSW 239° | 2,362 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mojave, 12 mi away.
- Beavertail Pricklypear4 obs
- Piute Mountains Triteleia4 obs
- Butterfly Mariposa Lily3 obs
- Sidewinder2 obs
- Tucker's Oak2 obs
- San Francisco Campion2 obs
- Kennedy's Buckwheat2 obs
- Blainville's Horned Lizard2 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/935870779
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