Sycamore Springs
Sycamore Springs is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 868 m. Castle Peak stands 3,249 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Whitewater Voyages Headquarters, a attraction 3.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 868 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Oat Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Cats Head Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Owl Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Patterson Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Eagle Peak: 7.0 mi
- Blue Clay Spring: 5.8 mi
- Lousy Spring: 6.2 mi
- Clover Meadow Spring: 6.8 mi
- Delilah Spring: 7.5 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 7.8 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 7.2 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 7.6 mi
- Winton Park: 14.5 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 15.1 mi
- Fishing Club: 15.3 mi
- Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 7.7 mi
- Dinkey Fisherman Picnic Site: 10.3 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 15.2 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Garlic Falls: 11.8 mi
- Ella Falls: 16.0 mi
- Viola Falls: 16.2 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 20.3 mi
- Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 3.1 mi
- Zephyr Headquarters: 3.1 mi
- Chicago Stump: 12.8 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 15.4 mi
- Centennial Stump: 15.4 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 3.9 mi
- Grand Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 20.0 mi
- San Joaquin Butte: 23.9 mi
- Qualls Camp: 19.5 mi
- Academy: 21.2 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 22.8 mi
- 786 Squadron Memorial: 23.4 mi
- Exact Center of California: 23.7 mi
- Jumping Rock: 16.2 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 16.6 mi
- Bookie Bear: 13.4 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 16.6 mi
- Oakhurst: 19.5 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Sycamore Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Peak | ENE 73° | 3,249 m | 16.8 mi |
| Three Sisters | NNE 18° | 3,215 m | 16.3 mi |
| Brown Peak | NNE 20° | 3,145 m | 15.4 mi |
| Eagle Peak | NNE 33° | 3,125 m | 14.1 mi |
| Nelson Mountain | NNE 26° | 3,120 m | 13.2 mi |
| Spanish Mountain | E 92° | 3,064 m | 14.5 mi |
| Loper Peak | ENE 58° | 3,062 m | 16.1 mi |
| Obelisk | E 92° | 2,958 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:41 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
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 | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 34.5 | 51.1 | 72.4 | 127 | 309 | 473 | 149 | 8.8 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 10.8 | 13.7 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Kings R BL Balch Div Dam CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Gopher Snake2 obs
- Yosemite Bog Orchid1 obs
- Sierra Tidytips1 obs
- Rancheria clover1 obs
- Sacred Datura1 obs
- Ornate Checkered Beetle1 obs
- Northern Rubber Boa1 obs
- Kings River monkeyflower1 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/903241086
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