Mono Vista Spring
Mono Vista Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,962 m. Mount Dana stands 3,976 m to the south-southwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mono Lake Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 9.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 9 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 12 mi
- Lembert Dome · 15 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Point: 2.4 mi
- Copper Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Mono Dome: 4.5 mi
- Lee Vining Peak: 4.6 mi
- Gilcrest Peak: 5.0 mi
- Jordan Spring: 4.7 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 5.6 mi
- Coyote Spring: 7.6 mi
- Waford Spring: 8.9 mi
- Kirkwood Spring: 9.5 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 2.5 mi
- Lee Vining: 4.5 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 7.3 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 9.4 mi
- Memorial to the Unknown Prospector: 9.6 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 15.5 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 17.1 mi
- White Cascade: 17.1 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 17.8 mi
- California Falls: 17.9 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 8.4 mi
- Bennettville: 8.7 mi
- Dog Town: 10.9 mi
- Mono Mills: 13.4 mi
- Bodie: 15.0 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 0.3 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 4.2 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 6.5 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 15.2 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 17.0 mi
- Upside-Down House: 4.3 mi
- South Tufa Area: 8.0 mi
- Navy Beach: 8.5 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 16.0 mi
- Perched Boulder: 16.7 mi
- Dore Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Locomotive Point: 18.3 mi
- The Alcove: 20.1 mi
- The Wave: 20.2 mi
- Danburg Beach: 0.4 mi
- Navy Beach: 8.3 mi
- June Lake Beach: 16.0 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 21.0 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 4.3 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 14.9 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 17.1 mi
- Mono County Museum: 17.1 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Warm Springs: 12.7 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Mono Vista Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dana | SSW 208° | 3,976 m | 9.4 mi |
| Kuna Peak | SSW 195° | 3,958 m | 14.8 mi |
| Koip Peak | SSW 194° | 3,954 m | 14.6 mi |
| Parker Peak | S 190° | 3,919 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Gibbs | SSW 202° | 3,893 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mount Wood | S 186° | 3,858 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Conness | WSW 250° | 3,825 m | 10.6 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | W 272° | 3,791 m | 9.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:00 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LEE Vining, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jul, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge UP Conway D NR Lee Vining CA, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Stream Orchid72 obs
- giant red paintbrush66 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird49 obs
- Violet-green Swallow48 obs
- Osprey44 obs
- Western Fence Lizard41 obs
- white bog orchid41 obs
- Woods' rose41 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/6110233180
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 7 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 30 mi
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