Waford Spring
Waford Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,975 m. Mount Dana stands 3,976 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Well, a spring 1.6 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 19 miles off.
How to reach it
- 18.6 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 18 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 21 mi
- Lembert Dome · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Biedeman: 5.1 mi
- Sugarloaf: 6.4 mi
- Black Point: 6.7 mi
- Silver Hill: 7.6 mi
- Bodie Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Well: 1.6 mi
- Kirkwood Spring: 1.8 mi
- Flowing Well: 2.4 mi
- Kirkwood Spring: 3.0 mi
- Coyote Spring: 4.6 mi
- Catholic Church (site): 7.9 mi
- Bottle Works (Site): 8.0 mi
- Carpenter Shop: 8.1 mi
- Stone Ruins: 8.1 mi
- Machinery: 8.1 mi
- Bodie: 8.1 mi
- Dog Town: 11.6 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 13.2 mi
- Mono Mills: 14.6 mi
- Aurora: 14.6 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 8.3 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 9.1 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 10.4 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 11.2 mi
- Clark Canyon: 21.8 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Locomotive Point: 15.3 mi
- Dore Cliff: 15.8 mi
- The Alcove: 21.8 mi
- The Wave: 21.8 mi
- South Tufa Area: 10.6 mi
- Navy Beach: 10.7 mi
- Upside-Down House: 11.2 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 14.9 mi
- Perched Boulder: 21.9 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 8.0 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 11.2 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 16.4 mi
- Mono County Museum: 16.5 mi
- Danburg Beach: 8.9 mi
- Navy Beach: 10.7 mi
- June Lake Beach: 21.0 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- The Elbow: 23.2 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 20.4 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 24.0 mi
- Warm Springs: 7.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Waford Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Dana | SW 221° | 3,976 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mount Gibbs | SW 216° | 3,893 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Conness | WSW 243° | 3,825 m | 19.2 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | WSW 253° | 3,791 m | 16.9 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | W 262° | 3,774 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Warren | WSW 238° | 3,758 m | 13.8 mi |
| Twin Peaks | W 268° | 3,756 m | 19.1 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | W 268° | 3,731 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:59 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 25 | 29 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 57 | 56 | 50 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bodie California ST Historic P, 8 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: May–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 10.4 | 12.1 | 15.5 | 16.8 | 30.7 | 39.6 | 34.0 | 25.2 | 16.0 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 9.5 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Lundy PP Tailrace NR Lee Vining CA, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Williston's Tiger Beetle10 obs
- Western Tiger Beetle9 obs
- Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle9 obs
- Short-legged Tiger Beetle8 obs
- Wetsalts Tiger Beetle6 obs
- Saltgrass4 obs
- naked spiderflower4 obs
- Rubber Rabbitbrush3 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/4681014508
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 5 mi
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