Needle Spring
Needle Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,357 m. Coyote Peaks stands 3,276 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Needles Peak Fire Lookout, a historic site 1.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Magician: 1.5 mi
- Djin: 1.7 mi
- The Charlatan: 1.7 mi
- The Sorcerer: 1.7 mi
- The Blockhead: 1.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 2.1 mi
- Jug Spring: 5.4 mi
- Camp Nelson soda spring: 5.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.1 mi
- Sam Spring: 7.7 mi
- Peppermint Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
- Alder Creek Slides: 5.8 mi
- Nobe Young Falls: 7.6 mi
- Cholollo Falls: 8.7 mi
- Seven Teacups: 8.9 mi
- Cabin 242: 10.3 mi
- Cabin 236: 10.3 mi
- Cabin 240: 10.3 mi
- Cabin 234: 10.3 mi
- R-Ranch Adult Building: 10.3 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 1.5 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 11.6 mi
- Treaty of 1851: 21.0 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 21.4 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 23.9 mi
- Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 17.3 mi
- Lake Success Big Sycamore Park: 23.4 mi
- Bartlett Park: 23.8 mi
- Parker Bluffs: 10.1 mi
- Window Cliffs: 20.2 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 18.0 mi
- Natural Arch: 18.0 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Needle Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coyote Peaks | NNE 14° | 3,276 m | 13.6 mi |
| Three Rocks | NE 36° | 3,243 m | 16.4 mi |
| North Maggie Mountain | NW 326° | 3,119 m | 13.0 mi |
| Angora Mountain | NNE 19° | 3,108.4 m | 10.5 mi |
| Overlook Mountain | NNE 27° | 3,108 m | 16.5 mi |
| Quinn Peak | NNW 343° | 3,098.5 m | 15.4 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NNW 333° | 3,061 m | 14.5 mi |
| Maggie Mountain | NNW 328° | 3,046 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kern River PH 3, 24 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, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Kern ceanothus27 obs
- giant sequoia26 obs
- Snowplant20 obs
- bush chinquapin16 obs
- Mountain Misery13 obs
- Corn Lily12 obs
- fireweed12 obs
- common bracken10 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/11286156428
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