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Tiger Spring

Tiger Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Tiger Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 794 m. Castle Mountain stands 1,312 m to the northwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Double Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.87871, -120.24897

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 16
Parks: 12
  • Floyd Rice Park: 11.3 mi
  • Crawford W Clarke Memorial Park: 17.0 mi
  • Almond Tree Oasis RV Park: 18.4 mi
  • Olsen Park: 18.8 mi
  • Lynch Family Park: 18.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Shandon Rest Area: 15.1 mi
  • Coalinga Avenal Safety Roadside Rest Area - Northbound: 16.4 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Bravo Farms Kettleman City: 17.9 mi
Museums: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Tiger Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle MountainNW 309°1,312 m6.6 mi
Reason MountainWNW 303°1,141 m16.1 mi
Mine MountainWNW 301°1,108 m12.0 mi
Mustang PeakNW 306°1,096 m11.3 mi
Orchard PeakSSE 146°953 m11.7 mi
Zwang PeakN 1°939 m4.7 mi
Picacho RockNNW 333°850 m6.3 mi
Garza PeakNE 36°800 m4.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:13
June solstice05:4619:4320:21
September equinox06:5018:2618:59
December solstice07:0816:1216:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F465256627077838276665447
Precip in1.41.51.50.60.40.00.10.00.10.20.61.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kettleman City, 18 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard3 obs
  • black sage3 obs
  • creamcups3 obs
  • Great Valley phacelia3 obs
  • woollypod milkweed3 obs
  • Striped Skunk2 obs
  • Wild Boar2 obs
  • Cobwebby Thistle2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2384776074

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