Soda Springs
Soda Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,622 m. Mount Conness stands 3,825 m to the north-northeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Soda Springs Cabin, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 0.4 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lembert Dome · 1 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 5 mi
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 7 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lembert Dome: 1.1 mi
- Puppy Dome: 1.2 mi
- Dog Dome: 1.2 mi
- Pothole Dome: 1.5 mi
- Marmot Dome: 1.7 mi
- Tuolumne Falls: 3.4 mi
- White Cascade: 3.5 mi
- California Falls: 4.8 mi
- LeConte Falls: 5.6 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 6.0 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 0.0 mi
- Ghost Cabin: 7.8 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 8.7 mi
- Lee Vining: 14.5 mi
- Women's Club Building: 14.8 mi
- Iron Spring: 13.8 mi
- Jordan Spring: 14.9 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 15.8 mi
- Hartley Springs: 19.4 mi
- Black Spring: 19.5 mi
- Dore Cliff: 9.6 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 11.3 mi
- Cascade Cliffs: 12.6 mi
- Diving Board: 13.4 mi
- Castle Cliffs: 14.7 mi
- Indian Arch: 12.4 mi
- Upside-Down House: 14.6 mi
- Perched Boulder: 17.3 mi
- South Tufa Area: 19.0 mi
- Navy Beach: 19.4 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 14.6 mi
- Nature Center at Happy Isles: 14.7 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 15.0 mi
- Yosemite Exploration Center: 15.0 mi
- Indian Village: 15.0 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
- Swinging Bridge Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- El Capitan Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Cathedral Beach Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Bennettville: 7.1 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 16.8 mi
- Dog Town: 22.1 mi
- Mono Mills: 22.2 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 13.0 mi
- Danburg Beach: 15.7 mi
- June Lake Beach: 17.3 mi
- Navy Beach: 19.3 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 14.6 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 15.5 mi
- Gull Lake Park: 17.1 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 17.5 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 10.0 mi
- Crestview Rest Area: 24.0 mi
- free natural hot pool: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.7 miles of Soda Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Conness | NNE 22° | 3,825 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mammoth Peak | ESE 106° | 3,685 m | 5.9 mi |
| White Mountain | NNE 33° | 3,674 m | 5.6 mi |
| False White Mountain | NE 45° | 3,655 m | 5.7 mi |
| Fletcher Peak | SSE 164° | 3,477 m | 6.2 mi |
| Choo-Choo Mountain | S 178° | 3,451.97 m | 5.3 mi |
| Rafferty Peak | S 172° | 3,382 m | 4.4 mi |
| Johnson Peak | SSE 162° | 3,369 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 42 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tuolumne Meadows RS, 1 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul, Oct–Nov — fullest in Jun, leanest in Mar.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 7.7 | 17.7 | 12.2 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 4.4 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Glacier C BL Tioga LK NR Lee Vining CA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Inside the official boundary of Yosemite National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- Mule Deer263 obs
- Belding's Ground Squirrel242 obs
- Yellow-bellied Marmot221 obs
- Leichtlin's Mariposa Lily183 obs
- monument plant128 obs
- Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel126 obs
- lodgepole pine120 obs
- Pacific chorus frog62 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/3529568867
Day trips start here
- Yosemite National Park · 14 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 15 mi
- Mono Lake · 22 mi
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