North Cold Spring
North Cold Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,857 m. Slate Mountain stands 2,829 m to the northeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is North Cold Spring Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- North Cold Spring Peak: 0.5 mi
- Devils Thumb: 2.2 mi
- Lone Pine Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Thompson Peak: 2.7 mi
- Parker Peak: 2.8 mi
- Skunk Spring: 3.1 mi
- Cain Spring: 4.1 mi
- Mud Spring: 4.4 mi
- Chute Spring: 4.7 mi
- Poison Oak Spring: 4.8 mi
- Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 12.6 mi
- Lake Success Big Sycamore Park: 13.7 mi
- Bartlett Park: 13.9 mi
- Padre Francisco Garces Historical Monument: 17.8 mi
- Murry Park: 18.3 mi
- Trail of 100 Giants: 5.6 mi
- Cabin 234: 8.7 mi
- Cabin 236: 8.7 mi
- Cabin 242: 8.7 mi
- Cabin 240: 8.7 mi
- Cholollo Falls: 6.4 mi
- Nobe Young Falls: 8.2 mi
- Alder Creek Slides: 10.8 mi
- South Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
- Seven Teacups: 11.9 mi
- Treaty of 1851: 13.1 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 15.0 mi
- John Ferrington Memorial: 16.7 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 23.0 mi
- Fountain Springs: 13.6 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 17.1 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Porterville Historical Museum: 19.2 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 21.5 mi
- Parker Bluffs: 7.3 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of North Cold Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slate Mountain | NE 42° | 2,829 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sunday Peak | SSE 155° | 2,531 m | 14.8 mi |
| Onion Meadow Peak | NE 54° | 2,529 m | 6.3 mi |
| Tobias Peak | SE 142° | 2,526 m | 11.1 mi |
| The Magician | NE 52° | 2,512.1 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mule Peak | ENE 59° | 2,477 m | 5.3 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | SE 146° | 2,448 m | 12.0 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | SSE 154° | 2,417 m | 14.2 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, 17 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, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
- Tufted Poppy1 obs
- diamond clarkia1 obs
- white hawkweed1 obs
- Purple Fairy-lantern1 obs
- American Bullfrog1 obs
- springbank clover1 obs
- Pacific Dogwood1 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/358801806
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