Sam Williams Spring
Sam Williams Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,547 m. Castle Rock stands 2,936 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Merrill Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 22.9 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 22 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 23 mi
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Marble Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Mount Lewis: 4.8 mi
- Crandall Peak: 5.4 mi
- Thompson Peak: 6.4 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 10.2 mi
- Willow Springs Park: 10.8 mi
- West Side Memorial Park: 11.4 mi
- Carkeet Community Park: 16.0 mi
- Columbia State Historic Park: 16.3 mi
- Merrill Spring: 0.9 mi
- Camp Ida Spring: 2.3 mi
- Robert Nichols Spring: 2.7 mi
- Stoddard Spring: 2.9 mi
- Hull Creek Spring: 3.3 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 11.3 mi
- Columbia Museum: 16.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Military Museum: 16.8 mi
- Tuolumne County Museum: 17.0 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 17.2 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 11.4 mi
- Big Stump: 17.1 mi
- Campfire Center: 17.2 mi
- Jamestown Branch Jail: 19.7 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 19.8 mi
- Strawberry: 8.9 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 16.9 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 17.4 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 17.4 mi
- Murphys: 19.8 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 9.0 mi
- Preston Falls: 18.5 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 19.9 mi
- Wapama Falls: 20.2 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 23.3 mi
- Oak Leaf: 15.2 mi
- Remote Camp: 16.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Moccasin Point: 22.0 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 23.0 mi
- Beach 2: 9.4 mi
- Beach 1: 9.4 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 9.6 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 17.0 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 17.1 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 13.3 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 15.0 mi
- National Recreation Area: 22.5 mi
- Red Hills: 24.9 mi
- McKays Point: 15.0 mi
- East Flange Rock: 21.0 mi
- The Grotto: 22.6 mi
- French Flat: 21.6 mi
- Carson Hill: 22.3 mi
- Chinese Camp: 23.4 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 5.4 mi
- Dedication Garden: 16.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Sam Williams Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Rock | NE 52° | 2,936 m | 18.2 mi |
| Cooper Peak | NE 52° | 2,913 m | 17.0 mi |
| Eagle Peak | NE 47° | 2,856 m | 18.9 mi |
| Burst Rock | ENE 58° | 2,781 m | 14.8 mi |
| Nance Peak | E 94° | 2,578 m | 19.0 mi |
| Pinecrest Peak | NE 45° | 2,574 m | 13.4 mi |
| Gillett Mountain | E 84° | 2,548 m | 17.0 mi |
| Bartlett Peak | E 89° | 2,531 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:03 | 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, 13 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 | 41.5 | 51.1 | 64.3 | 104 | 365 | 313 | 62.9 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 9.7 | 22.4 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge SF Stanislaus R NR Long Barn CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Snowplant13 obs
- Sierra Newt9 obs
- Mountain Misery8 obs
- California black oak7 obs
- Pacific Dogwood7 obs
- woodland pinedrops6 obs
- yellow and white monkeyflower6 obs
- common yarrow5 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/9767543546
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