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Willow Spring

Willow Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Willow Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 377 m. Laguna Mountain stands 1,361 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Balconies, a peak 1.4 miles away.

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Coordinates36.50932, -121.18138
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 46
  • Peverini Park: 8.9 mi
  • Santa Barbara Park: 9.0 mi
  • San Antonio Park: 9.0 mi
  • ORCHARD LANE PARK: 9.3 mi
  • Blas Santana Park: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 14
Springs: 7
Cliffs: 6
Historic sites: 5
Museums: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Sycamore Flats: 20.3 mi
  • Upper Ranch Entrance: 21.0 mi
  • Hollister Hills SVRA Upper Ranch: 22.0 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Rose Garden: 19.5 mi
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Laguna falls: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Willow Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laguna MountainESE 119°1,361 m23.8 mi
Hepsedam PeakSE 124°1,354 m24.0 mi
Palo Escrito PeakWSW 247°1,352 m18.7 mi
Ell PeakSW 235°1,297 m17.2 mi
Tucker MountainESE 107°1,248 m23.2 mi
Bucks PeakE 100°1,237 m20.4 mi
Rock Spring PeakE 101°1,223 m15.5 mi
Big MountainENE 57°1,211 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:17
June solstice05:4819:4920:27
September equinox06:5318:2919:03
December solstice07:1416:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485053566268737370635448
Precip in3.53.42.81.00.60.10.00.00.10.71.33.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pinnacles NP, 2 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–Apr — fullest in Mar, leanest in Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs30.860.971.839.420.217.813.213.410.66.76.113.6

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Benito R NR Willow Creek School CA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Pinnacles National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Sep and Oct; busiest: Apr.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard599 obs
  • Butterfly Mariposa Lily439 obs
  • Felt Paintbrush436 obs
  • gray pine424 obs
  • Big Berry Manzanita417 obs
  • Warrior's Plume397 obs
  • Western Wallflower345 obs
  • Bush Poppy340 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/2125460444

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