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Tule Spring

Tule Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Tule Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 708 m. Kingston Peak stands 2,235 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Mabel Mill Site, a historic site 2.7 miles away. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.81668, -116.05540

81 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 23
Attractions: 19
Peaks: 15
Historic sites: 11
Parks: 7
  • Tecopa Park & Campground: 10.7 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 12.6 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 12.6 mi
  • Shoshone Park: 16.3 mi
  • Salt Creek Hills ACEC: 17.9 mi
Museums: 2
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Salt Creek Riparian Area: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tule Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kingston PeakSE 128°2,235 m10.0 mi
Nopah PeakN 353°1,943 m14.0 mi
Ibex PeakWNW 282°1,447 m20.7 mi
Sheephead MountainWNW 290°1,305 m21.1 mi
Shadow MountainSE 139°1,275 m22.6 mi
Salsberry PeakWNW 292°1,251 m24.2 mi
Black ButteENE 76°1,012 m19.3 mi
Tecopa PeakW 276°819.3 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2318:56
June solstice05:2919:2620:04
September equinox06:3318:0918:43
December solstice06:5115:5516:35

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs0.20.30.30.30.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Willow CK AT China Ranch, CA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • desert milkweed10 obs
  • Cottontop Cactus10 obs
  • Sidewinder3 obs
  • Utah Agave3 obs
  • spiny senna3 obs
  • Desert Prince's Plume2 obs
  • Yerba Mansa2 obs
  • Creosote Bush2 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/830608026

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