Windy Springs
Windy Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,980 m. Olancha Peak stands 3,695 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Spring, a spring 2.4 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ball Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Kennedy Peak: 3.0 mi
- Pine Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Crag Peak: 6.5 mi
- Bald Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Willow Spring: 2.4 mi
- Deer Spring: 5.9 mi
- Soda Springs: 8.1 mi
- Aqua Bonita Spring: 8.7 mi
- Rose Spring: 9.7 mi
- Lemon Inn: 20.6 mi
- Dirty Socks: 22.1 mi
- R-Ranch Adult Building: 24.7 mi
- Cabin 240: 24.7 mi
- Cabin 242: 24.7 mi
- Fossil Falls: 11.5 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
- Peppermint Creek Falls: 21.4 mi
- Seven Teacups: 21.4 mi
- South Creek Falls: 22.1 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 8.8 mi
- Berts Canyon Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 21.0 mi
- The Needles Peak Fire Lookout: 22.1 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 22.6 mi
- Scodie Park: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Windy Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olancha Peak | N 357° | 3,695 m | 16.5 mi |
| Cartago Peak | N 0° | 3,194 m | 20.6 mi |
| Sirretta Peak | WSW 241° | 3,041 m | 14.7 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NNW 345° | 3,038 m | 16.6 mi |
| Templeton Mountain | NNW 344° | 3,031 m | 20.7 mi |
| Sherman Peak | W 266° | 3,020 m | 16.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | N 8° | 3,015 m | 11.3 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | W 278° | 2,963 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 11 mi away.
- Rothrock's Fiddleleaf17 obs
- fineflowered gilia7 obs
- showy milkweed7 obs
- Long-nosed Leopard Lizard7 obs
- Western Whiptail5 obs
- Common Sagebrush Lizard5 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard4 obs
- Scale Bud4 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/933050575
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