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Wiesman Spring

Wiesman Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Wiesman Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,803 m. Castle Peak stands 3,249 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Lousy Spring, a spring 1.7 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
1803 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.89629, -119.01481

Named places within 25 miles

Springs: 22
Waterfalls: 10
Attractions: 10
  • Zephyr Headquarters: 7.2 mi
  • Whitewater Voyages Headquarters: 7.2 mi
  • Chicago Stump: 7.4 mi
  • Gamlin Cabin: 10.5 mi
  • Centennial Stump: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Helms Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 10.2 mi
  • Columbine Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
  • Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 13.5 mi
Parks: 8
Cliffs: 5
Historic sites: 5
  • Blue Canyon Cabin: 15.7 mi
  • Qualls Camp: 20.0 mi
  • Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 21.0 mi
  • Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 22.6 mi
  • Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Bookie Bear: 17.0 mi
Museums: 1
  • Museum of the Sierra: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Wiesman Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle PeakNE 53°3,249 m10.5 mi
ScepterNE 43°3,238 m13.7 mi
Eagle PeakN 360°3,125 m13.3 mi
Nelson MountainN 352°3,120 m13.5 mi
Spanish MountainE 83°3,064 m6.9 mi
Loper PeakNNE 31°3,062 m11.5 mi
The PythonE 94°3,024.8 m14.5 mi
Eagle PeaksESE 103°2,998.3 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:08
June solstice05:3819:4120:19
September equinox06:4518:2018:55
December solstice07:0616:0316:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464853586573818176665345
Precip in5.64.95.12.61.40.40.20.00.21.42.14.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 4 mi away.

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs34.551.172.41273094731498.88.19.410.813.7

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge NF Kings R BL Balch Div Dam CA, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Canyon Wren2 obs
  • Monarch2 obs
  • Willow Rosette Gall Midge2 obs
  • Mountain Quail1 obs
  • Gopher Snake1 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1 obs
  • American Black Bear1 obs
  • Mountain Lion1 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/903945010

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