Reinhackle Spring
Reinhackle Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,145 m. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Chicken Ranch, a attraction 3.0 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Fossil Hill: 4.2 mi
- Mount Inyo: 7.4 mi
- Keynot Peak: 8.0 mi
- Haystack: 8.4 mi
- Long John Point: 9.7 mi
- French Spring: 6.2 mi
- Bed Spring: 6.2 mi
- Coyote Spring: 7.1 mi
- Pat Keyes Spring: 8.3 mi
- Bee Springs: 8.7 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 3.3 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 4.0 mi
- Cousin Jack: 6.2 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 6.3 mi
- Donald D. Brooks: 7.7 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 3.0 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 3.9 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 4.2 mi
- Boot Arch: 4.2 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 4.4 mi
- Administration Circle Garden: 3.3 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 3.6 mi
- Barracks Garden: 3.6 mi
- Barracks Garden: 3.6 mi
- Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 3.7 mi
- Heart Arch: 5.4 mi
- Mobius Arch: 5.4 mi
- Lathe Arch: 5.4 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 6.0 mi
- Taco Bell Arch: 6.0 mi
- San Carlos: 8.0 mi
- Bend City: 9.1 mi
- Kearsarge: 14.7 mi
- Swansea: 16.0 mi
- Keeler: 19.0 mi
- Children's Tub: 20.1 mi
- Crystal Pool: 20.1 mi
- Bat Pool: 20.1 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 20.1 mi
- Volcano Pool: 20.6 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 6.0 mi
- Chocolate Block: 7.3 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 7.3 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 7.4 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 7.4 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 3.5 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 6.2 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 6.6 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 9.4 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 9.5 mi
- Merritt Park: 4.0 mi
- Spainhower Park: 6.0 mi
- Independence Park: 9.0 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 9.3 mi
- Dehy Park: 9.6 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 20.7 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 21.4 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 21.5 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 22.9 mi
- Paiute Mural: 3.9 mi
- Miss Alabama: 6.4 mi
- Bat Pole: 18.0 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 12.2 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Reinhackle Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | SW 233° | 4,419.6 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Williamson | WSW 259° | 4,383 m | 11.6 mi |
| Keeler Needle | SW 233° | 4,361.2 m | 13.0 mi |
| Crooks Peak | SW 232° | 4,341.7 m | 13.0 mi |
| Lewis Peak | SW 232° | 4,306.7 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Russell | SW 236° | 4,296 m | 12.4 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | SW 232° | 4,289 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Langley | SSW 213° | 4,277 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:00 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 9 mi away.
- Cottontop Cactus9 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard7 obs
- Bud Sagebrush6 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear5 obs
- Burrobush4 obs
- Fremont's pincushion3 obs
- desert dandelion3 obs
- Shadscale Saltbush3 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/5659821384
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