Parson Spring
Parson Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 320 m. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is South Chalone Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- South Chalone Peak: 1.6 mi
- North Chalone Peak: 2.3 mi
- Mount Defiance: 3.8 mi
- Monolith: 4.1 mi
- Teaching Rock: 4.2 mi
- Oak Park: 5.5 mi
- Tuscany Park: 5.9 mi
- Park Greenfield: 6.4 mi
- Jim Maggini Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
- ORCHARD LANE PARK: 6.8 mi
- Bear Creek Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Bear Gulch Day Use Area: 4.6 mi
- Chaparral Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
- Day Use Area: 6.1 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 14.6 mi
- Moses Spring: 4.2 mi
- Oak Tree Spring: 5.2 mi
- Willow Spring: 6.6 mi
- Pajaiso Springs: 11.4 mi
- Stone Spring: 16.1 mi
- Greenfield Memorial Hall: 6.7 mi
- Avenue of Honor: 14.7 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 14.9 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 14.9 mi
- Old Salinas River Bridge Ruins: 15.0 mi
- The Upper Crust: 4.1 mi
- Discovery Wall: 4.3 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 4.4 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 4.9 mi
- The Bluff: 14.8 mi
- Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 15.4 mi
- Griswold Hills Day use area: 22.4 mi
- Bear Canyon Wilderness Study Area: 22.4 mi
- Laguna falls: 21.2 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 24.9 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 14.8 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Parson Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | SW 214° | 1,784 m | 22.4 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | SSW 212° | 1,602 m | 20.0 mi |
| Chews Ridge | WSW 251° | 1,549 m | 22.0 mi |
| Black Butte | WSW 242° | 1,497 m | 21.9 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,451 m | 20.4 mi |
| Laguna Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,361 m | 22.0 mi |
| Hepsedam Peak | ESE 108° | 1,354 m | 21.7 mi |
| Palo Escrito Peak | W 268° | 1,352 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:14 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 53 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 63 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinnacles NP, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 634 | 1,144 | 896 | 329 | 158 | 156 | 171 | 170 | 147 | 105 | 96.6 | 114 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Salinas R A Soledad CA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- California Condor74 obs
- Bitterroot10 obs
- Blainville's Horned Lizard10 obs
- Western Fence Lizard9 obs
- California Red-legged Frog9 obs
- Fringed Onion7 obs
- Gabilan Mountains Slender Salamander5 obs
- Western Rattlesnake5 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/2274514029
Day trips start here
- Pinnacles National Park · 5 mi
- Monterey County · 6 mi
- Soledad · 7 mi
- King City · 14 mi
- San Benito County · 14 mi
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