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Trout Meadows Spring

Trout Meadows Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Trout Meadows Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,909 m. Florence Peak stands 3,789 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hockett Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.21719, -118.42014

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 29
Waterfalls: 14
Attractions: 8
  • Cabin 242: 18.1 mi
  • Cabin 236: 18.1 mi
  • Cabin 240: 18.1 mi
  • R-Ranch Adult Building: 18.1 mi
  • Cabin 234: 18.1 mi
Historic sites: 7
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Bridge: 10.1 mi
  • Natural Arch: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sunset Point Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
  • Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Hot springs: 1
Parks: 1
  • Springville Veterans Memorial Park: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Trout Meadows Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Florence PeakNNW 331°3,788.7 m14.9 mi
Bullfrog PeakNNW 329°3,755 m13.9 mi
Vandever MountainNW 324°3,636 m15.4 mi
Falcon PeakNW 323°3,583.8 m15.2 mi
Kern PeakNE 49°3,499 m9.7 mi
Johnson PeakNNE 19°3,468 m14.8 mi
Coyote PeaksNNW 347°3,276 m6.7 mi
Three RocksNE 36°3,243 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3219:06
June solstice05:3719:3720:15
September equinox06:4218:1818:52
December solstice07:0216:0316:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394248546272787770594738
Precip in1.21.50.80.20.20.10.20.10.20.30.31.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 27 mi away.

  • western blue-eyed grass2 obs
  • Yorkshire fog2 obs
  • streambank bird's-foot trefoil2 obs
  • heart-leaf milkweed2 obs
  • Pygmy Nuthatch1 obs
  • Northern Alligator Lizard1 obs
  • American Black Bear1 obs
  • Mule Deer1 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/11288632838

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