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Oak Tree Spring

Oak Tree Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Oak Tree Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 446 m. Pinyon Peak stands 1,602 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinnacle Rocks, a peak 0.2 miles away.

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Coordinates36.48882, -121.20538
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 46
  • Peverini Park: 7.1 mi
  • Santa Barbara Park: 7.1 mi
  • San Antonio Park: 7.2 mi
  • ORCHARD LANE PARK: 7.4 mi
  • Blas Santana Park: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 15
Springs: 7
Cliffs: 6
Historic sites: 6
Attractions: 6
  • Sycamore Flats: 18.4 mi
  • Upper Ranch Entrance: 21.4 mi
  • Hollister Hills SVRA Upper Ranch: 22.5 mi
  • Savanna: 24.4 mi
  • Tiger (Female): 24.4 mi
Museums: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 19.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Laguna falls: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Oak Tree Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pinyon PeakSSW 204°1,602 m24.2 mi
Chews RidgeWSW 239°1,549 m23.6 mi
Black ButteSW 231°1,497 m24.2 mi
Palo Escrito PeakWSW 250°1,352 m17.0 mi
Ell PeakSW 236°1,297 m15.3 mi
Tucker MountainESE 102°1,248 m24.1 mi
Bucks PeakE 96°1,237 m21.6 mi
Rock Spring PeakE 95°1,223 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:17
June solstice05:4819:4920:27
September equinox06:5318:2919:03
December solstice07:1416:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485053566268737370635448
Precip in3.53.42.81.00.60.10.00.00.10.71.33.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinnacles NP, 1 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs6341,14489632915815617117014710596.6114

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Salinas R A Soledad CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Pinnacles National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Sep and Oct; busiest: Apr.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard1,054 obs
  • Big Berry Manzanita727 obs
  • gray pine677 obs
  • Warrior's Plume676 obs
  • Felt Paintbrush669 obs
  • Bush Poppy649 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel647 obs
  • Butterfly Mariposa Lily596 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/11306484213

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