Thompson Camp Spring
Thompson Camp Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,688 m. Sirretta Peak stands 3,041 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Dome Rock, a peak 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1688 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dome Rock: 0.6 mi
- Table Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Capitol Rock: 2.8 mi
- Elephant Knob: 4.2 mi
- Parker Peak: 4.3 mi
- Lion Spring: 3.0 mi
- Mud Spring: 4.6 mi
- Chute Spring: 5.3 mi
- Sycamore Spring: 6.3 mi
- North Cold Spring: 7.1 mi
- Greenhorn Mountain County Park: 15.5 mi
- Kernville Park Recreation Area: 16.0 mi
- Circle Park: 16.3 mi
- Riverside Park: 16.5 mi
- Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 18.1 mi
- Trail of 100 Giants: 1.9 mi
- Cabin 234: 2.0 mi
- Cabin 236: 2.0 mi
- Cabin 240: 2.0 mi
- Cabin 242: 2.0 mi
- Nobe Young Falls: 4.1 mi
- South Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
- Seven Teacups: 5.3 mi
- Alder Creek Slides: 6.1 mi
- Cholollo Falls: 8.1 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 11.4 mi
- Treaty of 1851: 19.6 mi
- Walkers Cabin: 22.6 mi
- John Ferrington Memorial: 23.7 mi
- Fountain Springs: 19.9 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 22.4 mi
- Sunset Point Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Parker Bluffs: 1.6 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 16.3 mi
- McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Thompson Camp Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sirretta Peak | E 100° | 3,041 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sherman Peak | ENE 71° | 3,020 m | 10.6 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 58° | 2,963 m | 12.8 mi |
| Cannell Peak | ESE 119° | 2,887.1 m | 13.4 mi |
| Schaeffer Mountain | NE 52° | 2,843 m | 12.4 mi |
| Slate Mountain | N 358° | 2,829 m | 8.5 mi |
| Cherry Hill | ESE 103° | 2,687 m | 11.3 mi |
| Sunday Peak | S 184° | 2,531 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 80 | 74 | 64 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kern River PH 3, 14 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 190 | 176 | 354 | 684 | 1,548 | 1,602 | 731 | 220 | 116 | 88.6 | 83.3 | 127 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Kern R NR Kernville (river Only) CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- giant sequoia75 obs
- Mountain Misery73 obs
- Snowplant40 obs
- California black oak31 obs
- California incense-cedar27 obs
- harlequin monkeyflower22 obs
- Bigelow's sneezeweed19 obs
- Pacific chorus frog13 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/8746373496
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