Side Hill Spring
Side Hill Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,849 m. Split Mountain stands 4,269 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Inyo, a peak 2.6 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Inyo: 2.6 mi
- Waucoba Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Mazourka Peak: 4.8 mi
- Wünüpü Peak: 5.0 mi
- Andrews Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Seep Hole Spring: 4.7 mi
- Waucoba Spring: 5.1 mi
- Johnson Spring: 5.6 mi
- Santa Rita Spring: 5.8 mi
- Barrel Springs: 6.6 mi
- Arai Pond: 18.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 18.7 mi
- Japanese Garden: 18.8 mi
- Administration Circle Garden: 18.8 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 18.8 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 10.8 mi
- Marble Bath: 22.1 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 23.5 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 24.5 mi
- Boot Arch: 24.7 mi
- Volcano Pool: 18.9 mi
- Bat Pool: 18.9 mi
- Crystal Pool: 18.9 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 18.9 mi
- Children's Tub: 19.0 mi
- Dehy Park: 15.3 mi
- Independence Park: 15.6 mi
- Merritt Park: 18.7 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 19.1 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 19.2 mi
- Bend City: 12.4 mi
- San Carlos: 13.3 mi
- Kearsarge: 19.9 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 15.5 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 15.6 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 18.7 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 14.7 mi
- Paiute Mural: 18.8 mi
- Bat Pole: 18.8 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 24.3 mi
- First Falls: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Side Hill Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Split Mountain | W 277° | 4,269 m | 21.5 mi |
| University Peak | SW 228° | 4,138 m | 24.2 mi |
| Birch Mountain | WNW 285° | 4,134 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Bolton Brown | WNW 281° | 4,124.3 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Pinchot | W 263° | 4,113.6 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Prater | W 280° | 4,107 m | 22.3 mi |
| Cardinal Mountain | W 273° | 4,076 m | 20.8 mi |
| The Thumb | WNW 285° | 4,058 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:37 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 15:59 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 16 mi away.
- Inyo frasera5 obs
- Great Basin bristlecone pine3 obs
- King Bladderpod2 obs
- Stemless Mock Goldenweed2 obs
- Nevada grounddaisy2 obs
- Black-throated Sparrow1 obs
- distant phacelia1 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear1 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/2873528509
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