Stoddard Spring
Stoddard Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,630 m. Granite Dome stands 3,149 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bald Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off.
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 25.3 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 19 mi
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 20 mi
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Crandall Peak: 3.0 mi
- Strawberry Peak: 5.9 mi
- Mount Lewis: 7.3 mi
- Marble Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Tuolumne State Game Refuge: 7.4 mi
- Willow Springs Park: 12.8 mi
- West Side Memorial Park: 13.9 mi
- Leach Field: 15.3 mi
- White Pines Park: 16.1 mi
- Merrill Spring: 2.5 mi
- Camp Ida Spring: 2.6 mi
- Sam Williams Spring: 2.9 mi
- Hull Creek Spring: 4.0 mi
- Indian Spring: 4.6 mi
- Tuolumne City Memorial Museum: 13.8 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park Visitor Center: 15.2 mi
- Sierra Nevada Logging Museum: 16.2 mi
- Columbia Museum: 17.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial Military Museum: 18.3 mi
- Heisler #2 Steam Engine: 13.9 mi
- Big Stump: 15.1 mi
- Campfire Center: 15.2 mi
- Murphys Pokey: 19.8 mi
- Moaning Caverns Adventure Park: 20.3 mi
- Oak Leaf: 13.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 18.3 mi
- Remote Camp: 19.6 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
- Lupine Day Use Area: 24.4 mi
- Strawberry: 6.5 mi
- Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 18.4 mi
- Springfield Armory/School/Store: 18.5 mi
- Murphys: 19.6 mi
- Miner’s Camp: 19.8 mi
- Beach 1: 7.3 mi
- Beach 2: 7.3 mi
- Pinecrest Dog Beach: 7.5 mi
- Dunn Court Beach: 19.8 mi
- Lake Lodge Beach: 20.0 mi
- Jawbone Falls: 11.0 mi
- Preston Falls: 20.7 mi
- Tueeulala Falls: 21.2 mi
- Wapama Falls: 21.4 mi
- Rancheria Falls: 24.5 mi
- McKays Point: 13.2 mi
- East Flange Rock: 19.5 mi
- Bloods Point: 23.3 mi
- The Grotto: 24.3 mi
- Calaveras South Grove Natural Preserve: 11.1 mi
- Calaveras Big Trees State Park: 12.9 mi
- National Recreation Area: 23.7 mi
- French Flat: 22.9 mi
- Carson Hill: 23.2 mi
- Scoutmaster Grotto: 3.3 mi
- Dedication Garden: 19.8 mi
- Natural Bridge: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Stoddard Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Dome | ENE 73° | 3,149 m | 20.2 mi |
| The Three Chimneys | ENE 62° | 3,012 m | 18.3 mi |
| Castle Rock | ENE 60° | 2,936 m | 16.4 mi |
| Cooper Peak | ENE 60° | 2,913 m | 15.3 mi |
| Eagle Peak | NE 54° | 2,856 m | 17.0 mi |
| Burst Rock | ENE 68° | 2,781 m | 13.3 mi |
| Wheeler Peak | E 96° | 2,736 m | 20.2 mi |
| Nance Peak | ESE 103° | 2,578 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:03 | 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 | 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, 15 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 301 | 321 | 345 | 414 | 1,031 | 1,207 | 526 | 294 | 274 | 238 | 241 | 260 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge MF Stanislaus R BL Beardsley Dam CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- heart-leaf milkweed21 obs
- yellow and white monkeyflower13 obs
- Mountain Misery12 obs
- canyon live oak9 obs
- great mullein7 obs
- Whiskerbrush7 obs
- Nevada City Buckwheat6 obs
- Crawford's Springbeauty6 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/9870593498
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