Shingle Spring
Shingle Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,805 m. Keyes Peak stands 3,243 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Point, a peak 3.1 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 14 miles off.
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
- 28.9 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 17 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lookout Point: 3.1 mi
- Hells Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Mercur Peak: 6.8 mi
- Bourland Mountain: 7.2 mi
- North Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 4.8 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 6.9 mi
- Wapama Falls: 7.2 mi
- Preston Falls: 8.8 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 10.3 mi
- Sachse Spring: 5.4 mi
- Box Spring: 8.2 mi
- Rackerby Jack Spring: 9.8 mi
- Box Spring: 10.1 mi
- Hull Creek Spring: 10.3 mi
- Nature Museum: 9.1 mi
- Interpretive Center: 9.1 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 19.5 mi
- Groveland Museum: 22.1 mi
- Groveland Jail: 22.4 mi
- Tunnel Tree: 17.4 mi
- Merced Grove: 18.4 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 19.6 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 22.8 mi
- Valley View Parking: 23.6 mi
- West Side Memorial Park: 19.6 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 20.6 mi
- Willow Springs Park: 20.7 mi
- Greeley Hill County Park: 21.5 mi
- Groveland Sports Complex: 21.8 mi
- Beach 2: 13.6 mi
- Beach 1: 13.8 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 13.9 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 19.6 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 20.1 mi
- Carlon Day Use Area: 13.8 mi
- Remote Camp: 17.4 mi
- Red Bud Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Indian Flat Day Use: 24.3 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Strawberry: 14.5 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 17.6 mi
- John Muir: 24.2 mi
- World Heritage Site: 24.4 mi
- East Flange Rock: 17.0 mi
- Fireplace Bluffs: 22.3 mi
- Rockslides: 23.3 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 24.0 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 13.0 mi
- Dedication Garden: 17.7 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Shingle Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keyes Peak | ENE 61° | 3,242.7 m | 18.2 mi |
| Bigelow Peak | NE 56° | 3,213 m | 16.8 mi |
| Kendrick Peak | ENE 60° | 3,169 m | 15.4 mi |
| Michie Peak | ENE 58° | 3,162 m | 14.6 mi |
| Granite Dome | NNE 28° | 3,149 m | 15.9 mi |
| Black Hawk Mountain | NE 35° | 3,138 m | 16.4 mi |
| Haystack Peak | ENE 59° | 3,044 m | 12.6 mi |
| Schofield Peak | ENE 63° | 3,025 m | 12.7 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 | 16:03 | 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, 3 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, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Harlequin Lupine9 obs
- Mountain Misery5 obs
- North American River Otter4 obs
- California black oak4 obs
- thimbleberry3 obs
- Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily3 obs
- heart-leaf milkweed3 obs
- California Sister3 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/9767543731
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 26 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 27 mi
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