Trough Spring
Trough Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,469 m. Spanish Mountain stands 3,064 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sontag Point, a peak 1.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sontag Point: 1.5 mi
- Mount Sampson: 2.6 mi
- Johnson Point: 3.8 mi
- Logger Point: 4.8 mi
- Mitchell Peak: 5.2 mi
- Fox Spring: 1.9 mi
- Delilah Spring: 5.6 mi
- Clover Meadow Spring: 6.1 mi
- Blue Clay Spring: 9.3 mi
- Lousy Spring: 9.8 mi
- Centennial Stump: 4.4 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 4.4 mi
- General Grant Tree: 4.5 mi
- Chicago Stump: 4.7 mi
- Mark Twain Stump: 5.4 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 9.5 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 14.5 mi
- Sheridan Park: 16.6 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 16.8 mi
- J O Eaton Memorial Park: 17.1 mi
- Ella Falls: 4.3 mi
- Viola Falls: 4.5 mi
- Garlic Falls: 9.2 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 13.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 17.3 mi
- Columbine Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Stony Creek Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Old Ranger Station: 19.3 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 20.2 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 20.8 mi
- Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 21.3 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 22.8 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 11.7 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- Grand Bluff: 23.7 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 24.2 mi
- Giant Forest Museum: 20.3 mi
- Three Rivers Historical Museum: 22.8 mi
- Alta District Historical Society: 23.8 mi
- Reedley Museum: 24.8 mi
- Jumping Rock: 8.3 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 8.6 mi
- Bookie Bear: 11.1 mi
- Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 23.5 mi
- Homer Ranch Preserve: 19.8 mi
- Dry Creek Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Oakhurst: 21.4 mi
- Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Trough Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Mountain | NE 40° | 3,064 m | 13.9 mi |
| Eagle Peaks | ENE 68° | 2,998.3 m | 17.2 mi |
| Obelisk | NE 46° | 2,958 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mount Maddox | E 96° | 2,946 m | 17.0 mi |
| Shell Mountain | ESE 106° | 2,920 m | 14.7 mi |
| Wren Peak | ENE 68° | 2,880 m | 15.4 mi |
| Crown Rock | NE 36° | 2,850 m | 17.1 mi |
| Buck Rock | E 97° | 2,591 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 38 | 41 | 49 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grant Grove, 5 mi away.
- woollypod milkweed21 obs
- White Annaphila17 obs
- Menzies' baby blue eyes12 obs
- Mountain Misery11 obs
- California flannelbush11 obs
- moth mullein10 obs
- fivespot10 obs
- Eastwood's Baby Blue-eyes10 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/876860172
Day trips start here
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