Thompson Spring
Thompson Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,438 m. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the east-northeast, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Johns Peak, a peak 2.0 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Johns Peak: 2.0 mi
- Piute Peak: 3.1 mi
- Brown Peak: 3.6 mi
- Harper Peak: 5.2 mi
- Liebel Peak: 5.6 mi
- Bracchi Spring: 2.2 mi
- Yates Hot Springs: 2.2 mi
- Piute Spring: 3.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.4 mi
- Kennedy Spring: 5.2 mi
- Uffert Park: 12.2 mi
- Lake Isabella Park: 12.7 mi
- Mountain Mesa Park: 14.0 mi
- South Fork Wildlife Area: 17.3 mi
- Kern River Preserve: 17.7 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 11.6 mi
- Tehachapi Depot Museum: 20.9 mi
- Errea House Museum: 21.1 mi
- Errea House Museum: 21.1 mi
- Tehachapi Museum: 21.1 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 15.6 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 16.9 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 17.4 mi
- Bear Vally Veteran's Memorial: 22.1 mi
- Coso Mines: 16.4 mi
- Tehachapi Loop: 17.1 mi
- Historic Tehachapi Depot: 20.9 mi
- Historic Water Tower: 20.9 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 16.2 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 11.0 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 22.4 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Thompson Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | ENE 69° | 2,565 m | 3.1 mi |
| Brown Peak | NNE 17° | 2,466 m | 3.6 mi |
| Liebel Peak | NNE 27° | 2,452 m | 5.6 mi |
| Inspiration Point | NE 42° | 2,387 m | 7.2 mi |
| Sorrell Peak | E 98° | 2,348 m | 8.7 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | W 278° | 2,298 m | 8.0 mi |
| Skinner Peak | ENE 63° | 2,172 m | 20.0 mi |
| Shirley Peak | NNW 341° | 2,164 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 68 | 59 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loraine 5 NNE, 4 mi away.
- piute cypress7 obs
- Mule Deer6 obs
- Gopher Snake3 obs
- American Black Bear3 obs
- gunsight clarkia3 obs
- Gray Fox2 obs
- blue oak2 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear2 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/9461123574
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 27 mi
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