Mud Spring
Mud Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,603 m. Sherman Peak stands 3,020 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cold Springs Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1603 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cold Springs Peak: 0.4 mi
- Hatchet Peak: 1.1 mi
- Parker Peak: 3.0 mi
- Thompson Peak: 3.7 mi
- North Cold Spring Peak: 4.0 mi
- Chute Spring: 0.8 mi
- Sycamore Spring: 1.9 mi
- Lion Spring: 3.3 mi
- Skunk Spring: 4.0 mi
- Betty Spring: 4.3 mi
- Greenhorn Mountain County Park: 14.2 mi
- Kernville Park Recreation Area: 16.8 mi
- Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 17.0 mi
- Circle Park: 17.1 mi
- Riverside Park: 17.2 mi
- Trail of 100 Giants: 4.2 mi
- Cabin 234: 6.6 mi
- Cabin 236: 6.6 mi
- Cabin 240: 6.6 mi
- Cabin 242: 6.6 mi
- Nobe Young Falls: 7.8 mi
- South Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
- Cholollo Falls: 9.0 mi
- Seven Teacups: 9.9 mi
- Alder Creek Slides: 10.3 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 15.3 mi
- Treaty of 1851: 17.5 mi
- John Ferrington Memorial: 20.6 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 17.0 mi
- Porterville Historical Museum: 23.2 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 24.4 mi
- Fountain Springs: 15.5 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 17.8 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Parker Bluffs: 5.7 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Mud Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherman Peak | ENE 68° | 3,020 m | 15.2 mi |
| Slate Mountain | NNE 19° | 2,829 m | 11.3 mi |
| Cherry Hill | E 91° | 2,687 m | 15.1 mi |
| Sunday Peak | SSE 162° | 2,531 m | 10.6 mi |
| Onion Meadow Peak | NNE 17° | 2,529 m | 7.3 mi |
| Tobias Peak | SE 144° | 2,526 m | 6.7 mi |
| The Magician | NE 35° | 2,512.1 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mule Peak | NNE 14° | 2,477 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
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 | 42 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 56 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glennville, 14 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 21.6 | 25.9 | 36.6 | 38.9 | 33.6 | 17.7 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 8.0 | 11.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge SF Tule R NR Cholollo Campground NR Porterville CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- woollypod milkweed15 obs
- California black oak5 obs
- giant sequoia5 obs
- California bay4 obs
- California buckeye4 obs
- California incense-cedar4 obs
- Mountain Misery4 obs
- California Sister4 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/8746373550
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