Wilkerson Springs
Wilkerson Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,219 m. North Palisade stands 4,343 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Uhlmeyer Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Uhlmeyer Spring: 0.4 mi
- McMurry Spring: 3.6 mi
- Batchelder Spring: 4.8 mi
- Wam Springs: 5.8 mi
- Mule Spring: 6.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Crater Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Fish Springs Hill: 7.4 mi
- Piper Peak: 8.1 mi
- Round Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 2.7 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 2.9 mi
- Bishop City Park: 15.0 mi
- Tri County Fairgrounds: 15.5 mi
- Bulpitt Park: 16.3 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 9.5 mi
- Schulman Grove Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- La Hupp Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- South Lake Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Patriarch Grove Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Windy Cliff: 21.7 mi
- Great Cliffs: 22.9 mi
- Muro Blanco: 24.5 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 11.0 mi
- Methuselah: 14.0 mi
- Rock Monster: 21.3 mi
- First Falls: 11.8 mi
- Second Falls: 12.2 mi
- Triple Falls: 22.1 mi
- American Mule Museum: 15.1 mi
- Paiute-Shoshone Indian Cultural Center: 15.5 mi
- Laws Railroad Museum: 15.7 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 24.2 mi
- Bishop Community Garden: 14.8 mi
- White Mountain City: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Wilkerson Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Palisade | WSW 247° | 4,343 m | 16.2 mi |
| Starlight Peak | WSW 247° | 4,323.7 m | 16.2 mi |
| Mount Sill | WSW 247° | 4,316 m | 15.6 mi |
| Polemonium Peak | WSW 247° | 4,298.2 m | 16.1 mi |
| Middle Palisade | WSW 238° | 4,278.2 m | 14.8 mi |
| Split Mountain | SW 221° | 4,269 m | 15.1 mi |
| Thunderbolt Peak | WSW 248° | 4,268 m | 16.3 mi |
| Disappointment Peak | WSW 237° | 4,258.6 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:38 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 15:59 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 49 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bishop AP, 14 mi away.
- Mojave Woodyaster67 obs
- Cattle Saltbush48 obs
- Spiny Menodora46 obs
- Shadscale Saltbush41 obs
- desert saucers37 obs
- Bud Sagebrush32 obs
- desert pepperweed31 obs
- Mojave Indigobush31 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/4460738323
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