Willow Spring
Willow Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,134 m. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Saturday Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Saturday Spring: 0.9 mi
- Democrat Spring: 1.9 mi
- Oscar Meyer Spring: 2.1 mi
- Prefedio Spring: 2.4 mi
- Canary Spring: 2.5 mi
- Saturday Peak: 1.2 mi
- Ball Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Mount Adelaide: 6.5 mi
- Burke Hill: 6.7 mi
- Father Garces Monument: 10.0 mi
- Kern River County Park: 10.2 mi
- Rivers Edge Park: 10.2 mi
- Solera Gardens Park: 10.8 mi
- Kern River State Park: 11.9 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Upper Richbar Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Lower Richbar Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 22.5 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 22.5 mi
- woody rd: 14.6 mi
- checkpoint: 14.9 mi
- Coso Mines: 16.7 mi
- Bakersfield Speedway: 18.6 mi
- Bakersfield Jam: 20.4 mi
- California Living Museum: 11.7 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 13.3 mi
- Kern County Museum Historical Reference Library: 19.6 mi
- Kern County Museum and Pioneer Village: 19.6 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 22.7 mi
- Kern Veterans Memorial: 19.7 mi
- Martyr's Rock: 21.7 mi
- The Cross on the Loop: 24.0 mi
- Tehachapi Loop Overlook: 24.5 mi
- Lake Ming County Park: 10.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Canyon: 12.7 mi
- CSLC Open Space: 17.0 mi
- Chalk Cliff: 10.8 mi
- Mon Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 19.7 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 20.0 mi
- Stickneys Ferry: 23.8 mi
- Rio Bravo: 24.9 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 10.6 mi
- Sister City Gardens: 19.6 mi
- 4 Island Lake Beach: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Willow Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piute Peak | ESE 105° | 2,565 m | 18.5 mi |
| Sunday Peak | NNE 21° | 2,531 m | 19.4 mi |
| Brown Peak | E 99° | 2,466 m | 16.2 mi |
| Liebel Peak | E 93° | 2,452 m | 17.5 mi |
| Portuguese Peak | NNE 20° | 2,417 m | 20.0 mi |
| Inspiration Point | E 91° | 2,387 m | 19.7 mi |
| Breckenridge Mountain | SE 124° | 2,298 m | 8.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 34° | 2,267 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:07 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 56 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glennville, 14 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Aug — fullest in Jun, leanest in Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 205 | 300 | 496 | 812 | 1,222 | 1,612 | 1,389 | 916 | 435 | 300 | 217 | 148 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Kern R NR Democrat Springs(river Only) CA, 2 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Butterfly Mariposa Lily12 obs
- Elegant Clarkia9 obs
- Sacred Datura8 obs
- Purple Chinese Houses6 obs
- California buckeye6 obs
- Abrams' Liveforever6 obs
- Fiesta Flower5 obs
- Lacy phacelia5 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/9421140979
Day trips start here
- Kern County · 19 mi
- Bakersfield · 21 mi
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