Pilot Spring
Pilot Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,654 m. Kuna Peak stands 3,958 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain Spring, a spring 2.4 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 22 miles off.
How to reach it
- 21.7 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 22 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 23 mi
- Lembert Dome · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sagehen Peak: 2.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Indiana Summit: 3.6 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Crater Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Bald Mountain Spring: 2.4 mi
- Sagehen Spring: 2.8 mi
- Sagehen Spring: 2.9 mi
- McLaughlin Springs: 3.0 mi
- Ford Spring: 3.7 mi
- Mono Mills: 6.4 mi
- Legend of June Lake Slot Machines: 10.6 mi
- Memorial to the Unknown Prospector: 12.6 mi
- Mammoth Elementary School (Historic Location): 13.0 mi
- Julia E. Townsend Memorial: 15.7 mi
- Little Creek Hot Springs: 9.5 mi
- Hot Creek Geological Site: 11.6 mi
- Shepherd Hot Springs: 11.6 mi
- Shepherd Hot Springs: 11.6 mi
- Alkali Hot Springs: 11.9 mi
- Clark Canyon: 3.4 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 11.9 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 13.3 mi
- Community Center Park: 13.5 mi
- Trails End Park: 13.5 mi
- The Alcove: 3.4 mi
- The Wave: 3.4 mi
- Sevehah Cliff: 17.1 mi
- The Buttresses: 18.9 mi
- Junction Bluffs: 24.4 mi
- Navy Beach: 11.3 mi
- Perched Boulder: 11.4 mi
- South Tufa Area: 11.7 mi
- Upside-Down House: 16.3 mi
- Crowley Lake Stone Columns: 17.1 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 14.7 mi
- Twin Falls: 16.6 mi
- Minarets Falls: 17.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 19.4 mi
- Lower Rainbow Falls: 19.9 mi
- Mono Mills: 6.4 mi
- State Line: 21.6 mi
- Bennettville: 22.6 mi
- Casa Diablo: 24.2 mi
- June Lake Beach: 10.9 mi
- Navy Beach: 11.4 mi
- Danburg Beach: 19.4 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Minaret Vista Picnic: 15.6 mi
- Mammoth Museum: 14.1 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 16.3 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 8.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Pilot Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuna Peak | W 267° | 3,958 m | 18.4 mi |
| Koip Peak | W 267° | 3,954 m | 18.0 mi |
| Parker Peak | W 267° | 3,919 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mount Gibbs | W 281° | 3,893 m | 18.9 mi |
| Blacktop Peak | W 263° | 3,881 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mount Wood | W 266° | 3,858 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bloody Mountain | S 186° | 3,825 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Lewis | W 274° | 3,765 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:42 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mammoth Lakes RS, 13 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Mar.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 22.4 | 21.2 | 20.7 | 22.8 | 33.4 | 47.8 | 40.1 | 26.5 | 24.6 | 24.5 | 23.7 | 23.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Deadman C A Big Springs NR Crestview CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Edith's Copper13 obs
- Pandora Pinemoth7 obs
- Sierra Blue7 obs
- Sagebrush Sooty Hairstreak7 obs
- Stamnodes marmorata7 obs
- Protogygia milleri7 obs
- Greenish Blue7 obs
- White-lined Sphinx6 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/12717600344
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 15 mi
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