Mule Spring
Mule Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,300 m. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Springs, a spring 3.3 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Fish Springs: 3.3 mi
- McMurry Spring: 4.9 mi
- Uhlmeyer Spring: 5.7 mi
- Wilkerson Springs: 6.0 mi
- Big Seeley Spring: 6.0 mi
- Fish Springs Hill: 5.1 mi
- Crater Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Andrews Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Red Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Mazourka Peak: 9.9 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 6.7 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 6.8 mi
- Dehy Park: 20.7 mi
- Bishop City Park: 21.0 mi
- Independence Park: 21.3 mi
- First Falls: 13.5 mi
- Second Falls: 14.2 mi
- Triple Falls: 21.3 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 24.4 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 24.4 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 21.0 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 21.0 mi
- American Mule Museum: 21.0 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 21.3 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 21.7 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 14.5 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Bend City: 20.2 mi
- San Carlos: 21.2 mi
- Kearsarge: 21.6 mi
- White Mountain City: 23.9 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 8.4 mi
- Methuselah: 19.0 mi
- Rock Monster: 23.0 mi
- Windy Cliff: 21.3 mi
- Muro Blanco: 22.3 mi
- Great Cliffs: 22.8 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 11.2 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 18.7 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Mule Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | W 267° | 4,343 m | 17.3 mi |
| Starlight Peak | W 268° | 4,323.7 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Sill | W 268° | 4,316 m | 16.7 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | W 267° | 4,298.2 m | 17.2 mi |
| Middle Palisade | W 261° | 4,278.2 m | 15.0 mi |
| Split Mountain | WSW 244° | 4,269 m | 13.6 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | W 268° | 4,268 m | 17.5 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | W 260° | 4,258.6 m | 15.0 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 | 07:03 | 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, 20 mi away.
- desert rock nettle17 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear9 obs
- Shadscale Saltbush9 obs
- glandular wild buckwheat9 obs
- shiny sandpaper plant9 obs
- Panamint Phacelia9 obs
- Panamint Prince's Plume9 obs
- Cottontop Cactus9 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/4547482183
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