Sam's Spring
Sam's Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,731 m. White Mountain Peak stands 4,344 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Antelope Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Antelope Spring: 0.4 mi
- Cuna Spring: 1.2 mi
- Bog Mound Springs: 3.4 mi
- Bog Mound Springs: 3.7 mi
- Bog Mound Springs: 3.7 mi
- The Elephant: 1.5 mi
- Crystal Peak: 4.5 mi
- Clem Nelson Peak: 6.1 mi
- Sentinal Peak: 6.3 mi
- Mount Nunn: 6.4 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 15.8 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 16.1 mi
- Bishop City Park: 16.8 mi
- Tri County Fairgrounds: 17.1 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 19.3 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 5.3 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- White Mountain City: 7.2 mi
- Palmetto: 22.9 mi
- Fish Lake Valley: 24.8 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 14.7 mi
- American Mule Museum: 16.9 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 18.0 mi
- Methuselah: 5.1 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 13.9 mi
- First Falls: 24.3 mi
- Second Falls: 24.5 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 16.7 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sam's Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain Peak | NNW 336° | 4,344 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Barcroft | NNW 333° | 3,979 m | 19.1 mi |
| Piute Mountain | NNW 331° | 3,827 m | 16.0 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NNW 332° | 3,810 m | 15.0 mi |
| Kid Mountain | SW 229° | 3,563 m | 24.8 mi |
| Campito Mountain | NNW 331° | 3,522 m | 12.8 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WSW 255° | 3,432 m | 24.2 mi |
| County Line Hill | NNW 331° | 3,429 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:58 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 15 mi away.
- Desert Mariposa Lily63 obs
- Silver Cholla39 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus34 obs
- Spiny Menodora28 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear25 obs
- Shockley's Goldenhead25 obs
- Mojave Woodyaster21 obs
- Devil's Spineflower21 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/7978661208
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