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Goffs is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 791 m. Table Top stands 1,884 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Army Camp at Goffs Desert Training Center, a historic site 0.3 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway runs past it. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.

Ghost town in San Bernardino County, California

How to reach it

Coordinates34.91917, -115.06278

57 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 21
  • Goffs Butte: 2.7 mi
  • Signal Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Billie Mountain: 8.9 mi
  • Homer Mountain: 11.3 mi
  • Hackberry Mountain: 12.9 mi
Springs: 19
  • Vontrigger Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Fenner Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Hackberry Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Piute Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Flattop Mountain Spring: 15.9 mi
Historic sites: 10
Rest areas: 4
Museums: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Petroglyphs: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Goffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Table TopNW 307°1,884 m21.7 mi
Little Thorne MountainsWNW 299°1,780 m24.0 mi
Twin ButtesNW 306°1,704 m20.9 mi
Hackberry MountainNW 315°1,644 m12.9 mi
Wild Horse MesaWNW 289°1,581 m23.2 mi
Grotto HillsNNW 333°1,492 m18.8 mi
Tortoise Shell MountainWNW 298°1,402 m17.6 mi
Lanfair ButtesNNW 342°1,328 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:52
June solstice05:2819:2119:58
September equinox06:2918:0518:39
December solstice06:4515:5416:33

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F566067748393999790776455
Precip in0.70.80.50.20.10.00.30.40.30.20.30.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Needles AP, 27 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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