Rattlesnake Spring
Rattlesnake Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 577 m. Big Baldy stands 2,449 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Painting Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Oat Knob: 2.1 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Davis Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Ellis Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Blue Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Willow Court Park: 6.5 mi
- Woodlake City Park: 6.9 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
- Kaweah Recreation Area: 8.6 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 9.3 mi
- Indian Painting Spring: 0.7 mi
- Coon Spring: 1.1 mi
- McClure Spring: 1.1 mi
- Indian Spring: 1.4 mi
- Schoolhouse Spring: 1.8 mi
- Tunnel Rock: 13.3 mi
- Crystal Cave: 13.7 mi
- Mark Twain Stump: 15.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 15.9 mi
- Booker T. Washington Tree: 16.0 mi
- Marble Falls: 14.8 mi
- Ella Falls: 16.0 mi
- Viola Falls: 16.0 mi
- Panther Creek Falls: 18.6 mi
- Tokopah Falls: 21.1 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 9.4 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 16.0 mi
- ImagineU Children's Museum: 17.8 mi
- Alta District Historical Society: 18.7 mi
- Tulare County Museum: 21.4 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 15.6 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 13.7 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 16.5 mi
- Alles Cabin: 21.3 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 24.6 mi
- Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 19.1 mi
- Bookie Bear: 19.4 mi
- World's Largest Olive: 21.2 mi
- End of Trail Statue: 21.5 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 3.1 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 5.6 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 24.8 mi
- Jumping Rock: 21.0 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 21.1 mi
- Reedley Beach: 23.2 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 7.0 mi
- Ralph S. Moore Rose Garden: 18.8 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Rattlesnake Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Baldy | NE 40° | 2,449 m | 14.7 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NE 45° | 2,350.3 m | 14.4 mi |
| Redwood Mountain | NNE 30° | 2,139 m | 14.1 mi |
| Colony Peak | ENE 74° | 1,870 m | 13.3 mi |
| Logger Point | NNE 13° | 1,733 m | 13.7 mi |
| Ash Peaks | E 84° | 1,709 m | 11.8 mi |
| Eshom Point | NE 36° | 1,551 m | 10.7 mi |
| Switchback Peak | E 82° | 1,514 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 58 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 81 | 76 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lemon Cove, 9 mi away.
- Western Rattlesnake2 obs
- Northern Flicker1 obs
- Long-nosed Snake1 obs
- Striped Skunk1 obs
- Bobcat1 obs
- Johnnytuck1 obs
- Superb Mariposa Lily1 obs
- bird's foot cliffbrake1 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/10215141316
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