Yellow Jacket Spring
Yellow Jacket Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,870 m. Taylor Dome stands 2,683 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Horse Spring: 0.2 mi
- Willow Spring: 0.8 mi
- Cochran Spring: 1.9 mi
- Horse Canyon Spring: 2.7 mi
- McIver's Spring: 3.6 mi
- Skinner Peak: 1.9 mi
- Wyleys Knob: 4.1 mi
- Pinyon Peak: 6.4 mi
- Onyx Peak: 7.0 mi
- Kelso Peak: 7.7 mi
- Scodie Park: 8.4 mi
- Kern River Preserve: 11.8 mi
- South Fork Wildlife Area: 12.5 mi
- Mountain Mesa Park: 16.1 mi
- Inyokern County Park: 17.9 mi
- Berts Canyon Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Red Rooster Picnic Site: 19.2 mi
- Tamarisk Grove: 19.5 mi
- Donley: 20.3 mi
- Red cliffs trail: 18.1 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 19.0 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 19.2 mi
- Coso Mines: 20.3 mi
- Cudahy camp: 17.0 mi
- Bickel Camp: 17.4 mi
- Josephine Stephens Bishop: 21.5 mi
- Freeman Junction: 12.6 mi
- Garlock: 23.2 mi
- Red Rock Canyon State Park: 17.7 mi
- Red Cliffs Natural Preserve: 17.9 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 20.1 mi
- Silver City Ghost Town: 20.5 mi
- Last Chance Canyon Arch: 16.4 mi
- Miracle Hot Springs: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Yellow Jacket Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Dome | NNW 331° | 2,683 m | 20.6 mi |
| Church Dome | NNW 335° | 2,595 m | 19.7 mi |
| Owens Peak | NE 36° | 2,574 m | 12.3 mi |
| Piute Peak | WSW 236° | 2,565 m | 17.9 mi |
| Rockhouse Peak | NNW 345° | 2,548 m | 21.9 mi |
| Uncle Tower | NNW 344° | 2,469 m | 20.6 mi |
| Brown Peak | WSW 246° | 2,466 m | 18.3 mi |
| Liebel Peak | WSW 248° | 2,452 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:34 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 67 | 76 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake FS, 14 mi away.
- Frémont's Phacelia3 obs
- Bewick's Wren2 obs
- Gopher Snake2 obs
- canyon live oak2 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear2 obs
- gunsight clarkia2 obs
- Blainville's Horned Lizard2 obs
- redmaids2 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/7089614113
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