Trona Pinnacles
Trona Pinnacles is an attraction in California, at a recorded elevation of 562 m. Argus Peak stands 2,000 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Head Rocks, a peak 4.7 miles away. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.
These tufa spires, some as high as 140 feet, were formed underwater 10,000 to 100,000 years ago when Searles Lake formed a link in an interconnected chain of Pleistocene lakes stretching from Mono Lake to Death Valley.
The story
geological formation in California
Dates from 1968.
Wikidata Q7845429, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 562 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bureau of Land Management
How to reach it
119 named places within 25 miles
- Layton Spring: 11.4 mi
- Amity Spring: 13.0 mi
- Bedrock Spring: 13.3 mi
- Lone Willow Spring: 13.5 mi
- Early Spring: 13.6 mi
- Fish Head Rocks: 4.7 mi
- Straw Peak: 10.1 mi
- Point of Rocks: 11.6 mi
- Lone Butte: 13.2 mi
- Robbers Mountain: 14.2 mi
- Local Petroglyphs: 16.7 mi
- Rock Circles: 16.7 mi
- Petroglyph Panels: 16.7 mi
- Petroglyphs on Flagstone: 16.7 mi
- Pictographs: 16.7 mi
- Searles Lake Borax Discovery: 9.7 mi
- Desert Memorial Park: 14.8 mi
- Upjohn Park: 16.2 mi
- Leroy Jackson Park: 16.5 mi
- Petroglyph Park: 16.7 mi
- Old Guest House Museum: 9.9 mi
- Naval Museum of Armament & Technology: 15.4 mi
- China Lake Museum: 15.4 mi
- China Lake Museum: 16.6 mi
- Maturango Museum: 16.7 mi
- plane: 16.3 mi
- plane: 16.3 mi
- F-4 Phantom II - NWC China Lake 1374: 16.9 mi
- Baker Ranch: 20.5 mi
- X-15 Memorial: 18.7 mi
- Newman's Cabin: 21.8 mi
- Barker Ranch: 23.1 mi
- Myers Ranch: 23.4 mi
- Valley Wells: 14.8 mi
- Atolia: 24.8 mi
- Trona Highway Rest Stop: 9.7 mi
- Herbal Zen Garden: 16.9 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Trona Pinnacles. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argus Peak | NNW 346° | 2,000 m | 16.8 mi |
| Straw Peak | E 88° | 1,679 m | 10.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSE 152° | 1,657 m | 17.2 mi |
| Eagle Crags | SE 131° | 1,623 m | 23.1 mi |
| Red Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,580 m | 22.0 mi |
| Brown Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,560 m | 20.5 mi |
| Slocum Mountain | SSE 156° | 1,541 m | 24.2 mi |
| Dome Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,514 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:31 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 75 | 84 | 91 | 90 | 83 | 70 | 57 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trona, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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