Soda Spring
Soda Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 2,467 m. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Crabtree Cabin, a historic site 0.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2467 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Miners Nose: 1.3 mi
- Mineral Peak: 1.5 mi
- Eagle Crest: 1.6 mi
- Tulare Peak: 1.8 mi
- White Chief Peak: 2.0 mi
- Tharp's Log: 12.4 mi
- Cleveland Tree: 12.5 mi
- Chimney Tree: 12.6 mi
- The Dead Giant: 12.7 mi
- Tunnel Log: 12.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 1.9 mi
- Big Spring: 10.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 11.6 mi
- Big Fern Springs: 12.8 mi
- Granite Spring: 13.2 mi
- Crabtree Cabin: 0.7 mi
- Empire Mill Ruins: 1.9 mi
- Alles Cabin: 5.4 mi
- Old Big Arroyo Patrol Cabin: 6.7 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 10.4 mi
- Tufa Falls: 1.1 mi
- Upper Cliff Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
- Lower Cliff Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
- Lower Buck Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
- Chagoopa Falls: 9.8 mi
- Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 12.0 mi
- Pinewood Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Cobble Knoll Recreation Area: 19.0 mi
- Slick Rock Recreation Area: 19.6 mi
- Horse Creek Recreation Area: 20.8 mi
- Lake Kaweah Recreation Area: 21.7 mi
- Kaweah Recreation Area: 22.5 mi
- Valhalla: 9.6 mi
- Window Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 21.4 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 24.5 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 24.6 mi
- Natural Arch: 12.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 12.8 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 13.8 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 17.5 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 10.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Soda Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kaweah | NE 42° | 4,205 m | 8.8 mi |
| Red Kaweah | NNE 31° | 4,185 m | 8.7 mi |
| Michael's Pinnacle | NNE 31° | 4,170.4 m | 8.6 mi |
| Second Kaweah | NE 36° | 4,165.5 m | 8.7 mi |
| Koontz Pinnacle | NNE 29° | 4,145 m | 9.0 mi |
| Black Kaweah | NNE 26° | 4,140 m | 8.7 mi |
| Squaretop | NE 34° | 4,121.8 m | 8.7 mi |
| Pyramidal Pinnacle | NNE 28° | 4,116 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 66 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 14 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.
- Yellow-bellied Marmot102 obs
- Mule Deer75 obs
- Sooty Grouse55 obs
- Mountain Bog Gentian53 obs
- Bigelow's sneezeweed47 obs
- western columbine46 obs
- Mountain Pride45 obs
- bush chinquapin42 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/928845579
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