Skunk Spring
Skunk Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,085 m. Slate Mountain stands 2,829 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Thompson Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1085 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Thompson Peak: 0.4 mi
- Corral Hill: 0.9 mi
- Devils Thumb: 0.9 mi
- Tyler Peak: 2.7 mi
- Lone Pine Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Cain Spring: 1.5 mi
- Poison Oak Spring: 1.7 mi
- North Cold Spring: 3.1 mi
- Sycamore Spring: 3.5 mi
- Chute Spring: 3.7 mi
- Lake Success Big Sycamore Park: 14.3 mi
- Bartlett Park: 14.5 mi
- Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 14.8 mi
- Padre Francisco Garces Historical Monument: 15.0 mi
- Greenhorn Mountain County Park: 16.4 mi
- Trail of 100 Giants: 7.2 mi
- Cabin 234: 10.1 mi
- Cabin 236: 10.1 mi
- Cabin 242: 10.1 mi
- Cabin 240: 10.1 mi
- Cholollo Falls: 9.5 mi
- Nobe Young Falls: 10.5 mi
- South Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
- Alder Creek Slides: 13.1 mi
- Seven Teacups: 13.5 mi
- Treaty of 1851: 14.4 mi
- John Ferrington Memorial: 16.9 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 17.6 mi
- Fountain Springs: 11.7 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 14.6 mi
- Porterville Historical Museum: 19.5 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 20.3 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Parker Bluffs: 9.0 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Skunk Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slate Mountain | NE 37° | 2,829 m | 12.9 mi |
| Sunday Peak | SE 145° | 2,531 m | 12.7 mi |
| Onion Meadow Peak | NE 43° | 2,529 m | 9.0 mi |
| Tobias Peak | SE 126° | 2,526 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mule Peak | NE 44° | 2,477 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bull Run Peak | SE 132° | 2,448 m | 10.5 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | SE 144° | 2,417 m | 12.2 mi |
| Baker Peak | ESE 115° | 2,416 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:06 | 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 | 42 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 56 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glennville, 14 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 50.3 | 64.0 | 80.0 | 62.1 | 39.1 | 20.7 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 11.9 | 23.2 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Deer C NR Fountain Springs CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- diamond clarkia2 obs
- Hermit Thrush1 obs
- Douglas-fir tussock moth1 obs
- California milkweed1 obs
- Cobwebby Thistle1 obs
- deerweed1 obs
- Goosefoot violet1 obs
- marsh claytonia1 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/888191004
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