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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 580 m. Castle Mountain stands 1,312 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Harlan Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. 116 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.

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Coordinates35.81273, -120.46558
Around it

116 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 48
  • Gold Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Murphy Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Mine Mountain: 10.9 mi
  • Castle Mountain: 11.2 mi
  • Mustang Peak: 11.6 mi
Parks: 32
  • Crawford W Clarke Memorial Park: 11.9 mi
  • Jazzy Town Park: 13.3 mi
  • San Miguel Community Park: 13.8 mi
  • Mission Park: 13.8 mi
  • Rios-Caledonia Adobe: 14.1 mi
Springs: 20
Museums: 7
Rest areas: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • James Dean Memorial: 11.3 mi
  • San Marcos Mennonite Cemetary: 20.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Bruce Munro: Light at Sen­so­rio: 14.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Big Sandy State Wildlife Management Area: 14.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Franklin Hot Springs: 18.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Bill Shepard Native Plant Garden: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Willow Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Castle MountainNE 39°1,312 m11.2 mi
Smith MountainNNW 338°1,188 m19.8 mi
Reason MountainN 354°1,141 m13.4 mi
Mine MountainN 10°1,108 m10.9 mi
Frames PeakNNW 344°1,097 m16.0 mi
Mustang PeakNNE 15°1,096 m11.6 mi
Andrews PeakNNW 343°1,067 m16.4 mi
Kreyenhagen PeakN 349°1,063 m24.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4019:14
June solstice05:4719:4420:22
September equinox06:5118:2719:00
December solstice07:0916:1316:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576369737470625347
Precip in2.72.52.40.60.30.00.10.00.10.60.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paso Robles Muni AP, 14 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • potbellied spineflower2 obs
  • Prairie Falcon1 obs
  • small-flowered tamarisk1 obs
  • leather oak1 obs
  • woollypod milkweed1 obs
  • canyon sunflower1 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/3104817444

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