Willow Springs
Willow Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,660 m. Mount Williamson stands 4,383 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bee Springs, a spring 1.4 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Fossil Hill: 7.1 mi
- Mount Inyo: 7.9 mi
- Keynot Peak: 10.2 mi
- Mazourka Peak: 10.6 mi
- Mount Inyo: 11.0 mi
- Bee Springs: 1.4 mi
- Coyote Spring: 3.1 mi
- Barrel Springs: 4.2 mi
- Johnson Spring: 5.5 mi
- Seep Hole Spring: 6.2 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 13.0 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 13.9 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 14.2 mi
- Boot Arch: 14.2 mi
- Cyclops Skull Arch: 14.4 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 8.8 mi
- Manzanar Cemetery Monument: 9.1 mi
- Prospect: 13.7 mi
- Aberdeen Station: 13.8 mi
- Headframe: 14.6 mi
- Administration Circle Garden: 8.6 mi
- Arai Pond: 8.6 mi
- Barracks Garden: 8.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 8.7 mi
- Barracks Garden: 8.7 mi
- Heart Arch: 15.4 mi
- Mobius Arch: 15.4 mi
- Lathe Arch: 15.4 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 15.9 mi
- Taco Bell Arch: 15.9 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 16.0 mi
- Chocolate Block: 17.2 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 17.3 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 17.4 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 17.4 mi
- Children's Tub: 16.2 mi
- Crystal Pool: 16.2 mi
- Bat Pool: 16.2 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 16.2 mi
- Volcano Pool: 16.5 mi
- Independence Park: 7.7 mi
- Dehy Park: 7.8 mi
- Merritt Park: 8.7 mi
- Spainhower Park: 15.3 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 18.6 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 7.8 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 8.0 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 8.5 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 15.5 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 15.9 mi
- Bend City: 3.7 mi
- San Carlos: 3.9 mi
- Kearsarge: 14.5 mi
- Swansea: 23.0 mi
- Paiute Mural: 8.7 mi
- Bat Pole: 14.8 mi
- Miss Alabama: 16.3 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 9.1 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 12.5 mi
- Upper Gardiner Falls: 21.7 mi
- Lower Gardiner Falls: 21.8 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Willow Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williamson | SW 229° | 4,383 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Tyndall | SW 231° | 4,275 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Barnard | SW 226° | 4,266 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Stanford | WSW 245° | 4,260.2 m | 20.3 mi |
| Gregory's Monument | WSW 244° | 4,254.4 m | 20.4 mi |
| Mount Keith | WSW 240° | 4,249 m | 17.9 mi |
| Trojan Peak | SW 227° | 4,245 m | 19.0 mi |
| Junction Peak | WSW 240° | 4,224 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:00 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 8 mi away.
- Cottontop Cactus23 obs
- Panamint Phacelia21 obs
- Parry's lip fern14 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear13 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus12 obs
- Peach Thorn12 obs
- desert rock nettle11 obs
- threadleaf groundsel10 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/12280355650
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