Willow Spring
Willow Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,383 m. Owens Peak stands 2,574 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mayan Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mayan Peak: 1.3 mi
- Pinyon Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Gold Peak: 2.3 mi
- Kelso Peak: 4.1 mi
- Wyleys Knob: 4.7 mi
- Shoemaker Spring: 2.1 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 2.3 mi
- Mustang Spring: 3.5 mi
- Dove Spring: 4.4 mi
- Burning Moscow Spring: 4.7 mi
- Scodie Park: 15.3 mi
- Kern River Preserve: 15.7 mi
- South Fork Wildlife Area: 16.1 mi
- Mountain Mesa Park: 17.3 mi
- Uffert Park: 19.9 mi
- Red Cliffs Natural Preserve: 13.5 mi
- Red Rock Canyon State Park: 14.0 mi
- Desert Tortoise Natural Area: 21.6 mi
- Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve: 23.6 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 24.3 mi
- Red cliffs trail: 13.5 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 17.3 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 17.4 mi
- Coso Mines: 21.8 mi
- Red Rooster Picnic Site: 14.1 mi
- Tamarisk Grove: 14.5 mi
- Donley: 15.2 mi
- Berts Canyon Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Cudahy camp: 14.6 mi
- Josephine Stephens Bishop: 15.4 mi
- Bickel Camp: 16.4 mi
- Freeman Junction: 17.6 mi
- Garlock: 22.2 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 19.8 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 24.1 mi
- Last Chance Canyon Arch: 14.7 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Willow Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens Peak | NNE 28° | 2,574 m | 20.8 mi |
| Piute Peak | W 263° | 2,565 m | 12.3 mi |
| Brown Peak | W 273° | 2,466 m | 14.1 mi |
| Liebel Peak | W 281° | 2,452 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Jenkins | NNE 32° | 2,396 m | 19.2 mi |
| Spanish Needle | NNE 25° | 2,390 m | 22.8 mi |
| Inspiration Point | WNW 285° | 2,387 m | 10.7 mi |
| Sorrell Peak | WSW 239° | 2,348 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:34 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:05 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 57 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 68 | 59 | 50 | 43 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Loraine 5 NNE, 15 mi away.
- creamcups6 obs
- Long-nosed Leopard Lizard5 obs
- Rose Sage5 obs
- Western Joshua Tree3 obs
- California beeplant2 obs
- California Buckwheat2 obs
- Pringle's woolly sunflower2 obs
- desert calico2 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/7775326750
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