Sachse Spring
Sachse Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,384 m. Tower Peak stands 3,582 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mercur Peak, a peak 1.7 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 19 miles off.
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
- 26.8 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 22 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 27 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 27 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mercur Peak: 1.7 mi
- Lookout Point: 2.5 mi
- Gillett Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Bartlett Peak: 3.8 mi
- Hells Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Box Spring: 4.7 mi
- Shingle Spring: 5.4 mi
- Hull Creek Spring: 10.9 mi
- Camp Ida Spring: 12.3 mi
- Milk Ranch Spring: 12.8 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 8.7 mi
- Wapama Falls: 9.0 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 9.1 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 11.4 mi
- Preston Falls: 13.9 mi
- Beach 2: 10.9 mi
- Beach 1: 11.1 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 11.2 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 17.9 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 24.8 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 17.6 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 21.8 mi
- Merced Grove: 23.1 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 23.1 mi
- Douglas Picnic Ground: 17.9 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 19.1 mi
- West Side Memorial Park: 23.1 mi
- Willow Springs Park: 23.6 mi
- Nature Museum: 13.8 mi
- Interpretive Center: 13.9 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 23.0 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 18.6 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Remote Camp: 22.4 mi
- Strawberry: 12.2 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 22.6 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 23.5 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 24.5 mi
- East Flange Rock: 11.7 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 12.0 mi
- Dedication Garden: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Sachse Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tower Peak | ENE 75° | 3,581.8 m | 16.6 mi |
| Forsyth Peak | ENE 70° | 3,408.3 m | 15.2 mi |
| Craig Peak | ENE 78° | 3,379 m | 15.8 mi |
| Snow Peak | E 81° | 3,336 m | 15.0 mi |
| The Watchtower | ENE 73° | 3,332.4 m | 17.0 mi |
| Molo Mountain | NE 44° | 3,302 m | 14.6 mi |
| Big Sam | NE 49° | 3,299 m | 15.6 mi |
| Relief Peak | NE 37° | 3,294 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
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, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 83.5 | 72.5 | 56.9 | 179 | 373 | 338 | 104 | 24.1 | 22.6 | 23.1 | 36.3 | 51.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Eleanor C NR Hetch Hetchy CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Yosemite National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- Mountain Pride5 obs
- Western Rattlesnake3 obs
- Bufflehead2 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake2 obs
- Snowplant2 obs
- streambank bird's-foot trefoil2 obs
- California Mountain Kingsnake2 obs
- fireweed2 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/1931827783
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 29 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 29 mi
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