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Piute Spring

Piute Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Piute Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,446 m. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the north-northwest, 0.3 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.44692, -118.38977

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs
Parks: 24
Museums: 7
Attractions: 5
  • Coso Mines: 16.2 mi
  • Tehachapi Loop: 19.0 mi
  • Historic Tehachapi Depot: 22.0 mi
  • Historic Water Tower: 22.0 mi
  • Red cliffs trail: 24.0 mi
Historic sites: 5
Picnic sites: 5
Hot springs: 1
  • Miracle Hot Springs: 12.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Beaches: 1
  • 4 Island Lake Beach: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Piute Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakNNW 341°2,565 m0.3 mi
Brown PeakNW 323°2,466 m3.2 mi
Liebel PeakN 354°2,452 m4.2 mi
Inspiration PointNNE 22°2,387 m4.8 mi
Sorrell PeakESE 110°2,348 m6.0 mi
Breckenridge MountainW 271°2,298 m10.9 mi
Skinner PeakENE 61°2,172 m16.9 mi
Shirley PeakNNW 332°2,164 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:4019:3520:13
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice07:0016:0616:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447505767737368595043
Precip in2.53.12.10.90.80.10.10.30.10.50.32.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loraine 5 NNE, 5 mi away.

  • Bridges' penstemon7 obs
  • Western Wallflower6 obs
  • Shy Mariposa Lily6 obs
  • Big deervetch6 obs
  • Transverse Range Phacelia6 obs
  • Kelso Creek monkeyflower6 obs
  • Party-colored Monkeyflower6 obs
  • Mule Deer5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9461123575

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