Skip to content

Seep Hole Spring

Seep Hole Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Seep Hole Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,813 m. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Spring, a spring 2.9 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.91479, -118.02754

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 53
Attractions: 16
  • Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 15.4 mi
  • Chicken Ranch: 19.1 mi
  • Man of Steel (movie site): 20.1 mi
  • Iron Man (movie site): 20.3 mi
  • Boot Arch: 20.3 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Prospect: 10.7 mi
  • Aberdeen Station: 11.4 mi
  • Camouflage Net Factory: 14.9 mi
  • Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 15.1 mi
  • Monola: 19.8 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Arai Pond: 14.6 mi
  • Administration Circle Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Rose Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 14.7 mi
  • Barracks Garden: 14.7 mi
Natural arches: 8
  • Heart Arch: 21.5 mi
  • Mobius Arch: 21.5 mi
  • Lathe Arch: 21.5 mi
  • Hitching Post Arch: 22.0 mi
  • Taco Bell Arch: 22.0 mi
Parks: 7
Hot springs: 6
  • Bat Pool: 15.9 mi
  • Crystal Pool: 15.9 mi
  • Children's Tub: 16.0 mi
  • Sunrise Pool: 16.0 mi
  • Volcano Pool: 16.1 mi
Museums: 5
Cliffs: 5
  • Paul's Paradise: 22.1 mi
  • Chocolate Block: 23.3 mi
  • Southern Blonde Rock: 23.4 mi
  • Rock Candy Tower: 23.4 mi
  • Tootsie Pop Tower: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Paiute Mural: 14.7 mi
  • Bat Pole: 15.4 mi
  • Miss Alabama: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Upper Gardiner Falls: 24.7 mi
  • Lower Gardiner Falls: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Seep Hole Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount WilliamsonSW 221°4,383 m23.8 mi
Split MountainWNW 289°4,269 m23.0 mi
Mount KeithSW 230°4,249 m22.9 mi
University PeakWSW 238°4,138 m21.8 mi
Mount PinchotW 276°4,113.6 m21.0 mi
Cardinal MountainWNW 285°4,076 m22.1 mi
Black MountainWSW 249°4,045 m20.7 mi
Mount BradleySW 233°4,043 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:04
June solstice05:3419:3720:16
September equinox06:4118:1618:51
December solstice07:0215:5916:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444754606979858376645243
Precip in1.40.90.70.20.10.10.10.10.10.20.50.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 13 mi away.

  • Badger Flat threadplant4 obs
  • Inyo Mountains Salamander2 obs
  • Chukar1 obs
  • Mountain Quail1 obs
  • Say's Phoebe1 obs
  • Gopher Snake1 obs
  • Great Basin bristlecone pine1 obs
  • apricot globemallow1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/11285043896

More springs in California

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Seep Hole Spring.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens