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Wall Spring

Wall Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Wall Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,862 m. Lippincott Mountain stands 3,731 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Booker T. Washington Tree, a attraction 0.2 miles away.

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Coordinates36.55341, -118.77342
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 30
Attractions: 28
  • Booker T. Washington Tree: 0.2 mi
  • Auto Log: 0.2 mi
  • Colonel Young Tree: 0.3 mi
  • Hanging Rock: 0.3 mi
  • Buttress Tree: 0.5 mi
Waterfalls: 19
Historic sites: 14
  • Stephen Mather memorial plaque: 0.7 mi
  • Old Ranger Station: 2.1 mi
  • Alles Cabin: 8.2 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 11.5 mi
  • Empire Mill Ruins: 11.8 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 2.3 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Stony Creek Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
Parks: 8
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 3
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 15.1 mi
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 16.5 mi
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 23.7 mi
Museums: 2
Beaches: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Bravo Lake Botanical Garden: 20.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Wall Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lippincott MountainE 101°3,731 m11.9 mi
Mount EisenESE 108°3,714 m12.0 mi
Mount StewartE 85°3,708 m12.2 mi
Eagle Scout PeakE 93°3,658 m11.8 mi
Horn PeakENE 72°3,584 m11.1 mi
Big Bird PeakENE 66°3,536 m10.3 mi
Empire MountainESE 119°3,522 m12.4 mi
Winter AltaENE 65°3,453 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3319:07
June solstice05:3819:3920:17
September equinox06:4418:1918:54
December solstice07:0416:0416:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283034384654616055453527
Precip in8.77.96.43.22.00.70.60.10.72.33.66.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lodgepole, 4 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs6.19.712.842.491.591.042.98.11.31.73.45.0

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Marble Fork Kaweah R AB Horse C NR Lodgepole CA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Sequoia National Park.

Wildlife nearby
  • giant sequoia1,035 obs
  • Mule Deer323 obs
  • American Black Bear305 obs
  • Pacific Dogwood278 obs
  • Corn Lily238 obs
  • Whiskerbrush216 obs
  • Violet draperia209 obs
  • Mountain Misery201 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/928859362

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