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Warm Springs

Warm Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Warm Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,957 m. Mount Dana stands 3,976 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 21 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.02957, -118.90368

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 44
Historic sites: 17
  • Mono Mills: 10.2 mi
  • Lee Vining: 12.8 mi
  • Catholic Church (site): 13.8 mi
  • Bottle Works (Site): 13.8 mi
  • Stone Ruins: 13.9 mi
Parks: 6
Ghost towns: 6
Attractions: 5
  • Navy Beach: 8.8 mi
  • South Tufa Area: 9.0 mi
  • Upside-Down House: 12.7 mi
  • Perched Boulder: 19.4 mi
  • Travertine Hot Spring: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
Museums: 4
Beaches: 3
Hot springs: 2
  • Warm Springs: 0.2 mi
  • Little Creek Hot Springs: 23.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Horsetail Falls: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Warm Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DanaWSW 243°3,976 m19.5 mi
Parker PeakSW 226°3,919 m21.3 mi
Mount GibbsWSW 238°3,893 m19.8 mi
Mount WoodSW 223°3,858 m20.9 mi
Excelsior MountainW 269°3,791 m21.9 mi
Dunderberg PeakW 277°3,774 m20.3 mi
Mount LewisSW 230°3,765 m20.2 mi
Mount WarrenW 261°3,758 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3319:08
June solstice05:3419:4320:22
September equinox06:4418:1918:54
December solstice07:0915:5916:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313339455362696861514032
Precip in2.72.71.80.70.70.40.50.40.30.81.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LEE Vining, 13 mi away.

  • California Gull2 obs
  • Boraxweed2 obs
  • annual turtleback2 obs
  • dune horsebrush2 obs
  • Coville's orach2 obs
  • Hudsonian Godwit1 obs
  • Sage Thrasher1 obs
  • Pronghorn1 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/12717600353

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