Tub Springs
Tub Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,947 m. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the south, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Kearsarge, a ghost town 1.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Kearsarge Peak: 2.7 mi
- Independence Peak: 3.2 mi
- Mount Mary Austin: 3.6 mi
- Dragon Tooth: 4.1 mi
- Dragon Peak: 4.2 mi
- Boron Springs: 1.9 mi
- McGann Springs: 3.7 mi
- Grover Anton Spring: 5.8 mi
- Harry Birch Springs: 7.6 mi
- Scotty Spring: 9.5 mi
- Shorty's Vidette Meadow Cabin: 6.5 mi
- Donald Downs Plaque: 8.5 mi
- Shorty's Woods Creek Crossing Cabin: 8.9 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 9.2 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 10.0 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 14.3 mi
- Boot Arch: 14.8 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 14.9 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 15.0 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 15.3 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 8.8 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 8.8 mi
- Mist Falls: 13.8 mi
- Lower Picket Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
- Upper Picket Creek Falls: 17.7 mi
- Bk 34 Mess Hall Garden: 9.2 mi
- Japanese Garden: 9.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 9.3 mi
- Arai Pond: 9.3 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 9.5 mi
- Muro Blanco: 14.4 mi
- Ebersbacher Ledges: 15.0 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 16.7 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 18.1 mi
- Chocolate Block: 18.2 mi
- Whitney Portal Arch: 15.8 mi
- Mobius Arch: 16.1 mi
- Lathe Arch: 16.1 mi
- Heart Arch: 16.2 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 17.3 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 5.4 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 5.5 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 9.8 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 18.7 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 19.1 mi
- Dehy Park: 5.4 mi
- Independence Park: 5.8 mi
- Merritt Park: 9.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 18.6 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 21.4 mi
- Kearsarge: 1.5 mi
- Bend City: 9.5 mi
- San Carlos: 9.7 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 4.7 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 10.7 mi
- Paiute Mural: 9.4 mi
- Miss Alabama: 18.0 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Kern Hot Spring: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Tub Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | S 183° | 4,383 m | 10.0 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | SSW 191° | 4,275 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Barnard | S 186° | 4,266 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Stanford | SW 218° | 4,260.2 m | 8.5 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | SW 218° | 4,254.4 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Keith | SSW 199° | 4,249 m | 7.3 mi |
| Trojan Peak | S 184° | 4,245 m | 10.9 mi |
| Junction Peak | SSW 206° | 4,224 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 5 mi away.
- Inyo Shieldback14 obs
- Okanagana aurora14 obs
- narrowleaf milkweed11 obs
- Bridges' penstemon10 obs
- giant woollystar9 obs
- California black oak8 obs
- Giant Blazingstar8 obs
- sulfur buckwheat8 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/9235783035
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