Rackerby Jack Spring
Rackerby Jack Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,250 m. Nance Peak stands 2,578 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Spring, a spring 3.1 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 12 miles off.
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
- 27.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Thompson Peak: 4.9 mi
- Hunter Point: 5.1 mi
- Duckwall Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Joes Point: 5.5 mi
- Grapevine Point: 5.7 mi
- West Side Memorial Park: 11.3 mi
- Groveland Sports Complex: 12.0 mi
- Mary Laveroni Park: 12.3 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 13.0 mi
- Willow Springs Park: 13.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 3.1 mi
- Walton Cabin Spring: 5.2 mi
- Camp Twentyone Spring: 5.5 mi
- Box Spring: 6.7 mi
- Deadwood Spring: 7.6 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 6.2 mi
- Preston Falls: 9.0 mi
- Diana Falls: 13.2 mi
- Carlon Falls: 13.8 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 14.4 mi
- Nature Museum: 10.4 mi
- Interpretive Center: 10.4 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 11.2 mi
- Groveland Museum: 12.3 mi
- Groveland Jail: 12.6 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 11.3 mi
- Merced Grove: 16.6 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 16.9 mi
- Jamestown Branch Jail: 21.3 mi
- Yosemite Valley Railroad Caboose Number 15: 22.4 mi
- Remote Camp: 7.8 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 12.5 mi
- Moccasin Point: 18.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 19.3 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 21.4 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 8.0 mi
- Strawberry: 18.2 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 21.5 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 21.8 mi
- Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp: 22.1 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 10.3 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 10.6 mi
- Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 10.8 mi
- Beach 2: 17.9 mi
- Beach 1: 18.0 mi
- Cat Town: 20.2 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 20.8 mi
- Chinese Camp: 22.2 mi
- French Flat: 24.0 mi
- The Grotto: 23.4 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 23.6 mi
- Rockslides: 24.9 mi
- Red Hills: 23.5 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 24.4 mi
- Dedication Garden: 8.0 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Rackerby Jack Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nance Peak | ENE 58° | 2,578 m | 17.8 mi |
| Gillett Mountain | NE 46° | 2,548 m | 18.1 mi |
| Bartlett Peak | NE 52° | 2,531 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mercur Peak | NE 47° | 2,468 m | 16.3 mi |
| Bell Mountain | NNE 22° | 2,425 m | 16.1 mi |
| Smith Peak | E 92° | 2,356 m | 16.3 mi |
| Bourland Mountain | NNE 24° | 2,346 m | 13.2 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 112° | 2,208 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:47 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:04 | 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 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 9.6 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 8.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cherry Valley DAM, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 656 | 702 | 817 | 1,003 | 1,279 | 1,173 | 744 | 476 | 388 | 333 | 359 | 473 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Cherry C BL Dion R Holm PH NR Mather CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- rainbow iris3 obs
- common selfheal2 obs
- Mountain Misery2 obs
- Wild Turkey1 obs
- Northern Pygmy-Owl1 obs
- Mule Deer1 obs
- western columbine1 obs
- Painted Lady1 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/9767542883
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 29 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 30 mi
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