Goffs
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
- On the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
57 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Army Camp at Goffs Desert Training Center: 0.3 mi
- Pah-ute Creek: 0.3 mi
- Goffs Schoolhouse: 0.3 mi
- John Wilkie Safety Rest Area at Fenner: 11.6 mi
- Piute Corral: 13.1 mi
- John Wilkie Rest Area at Fenner: 11.7 mi
- John Wilkie Rest Area at Fenner: 11.7 mi
- Laughlin Brake Check Rest Area: 23.6 mi
- Southern Nevada Visitors Center: 23.9 mi
- Goffs Schoolhouse: 0.3 mi
- Petroglyphs: 13.7 mi
- Essex: 16.4 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Top | NW 307° | 1,884 m | 21.7 mi |
| Little Thorne Mountains | WNW 299° | 1,780 m | 24.0 mi |
| Twin Buttes | NW 306° | 1,704 m | 20.9 mi |
| Hackberry Mountain | NW 315° | 1,644 m | 12.9 mi |
| Wild Horse Mesa | WNW 289° | 1,581 m | 23.2 mi |
| Grotto Hills | NNW 333° | 1,492 m | 18.8 mi |
| Tortoise Shell Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,402 m | 17.6 mi |
| Lanfair Buttes | NNW 342° | 1,328 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:45 | 15:54 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 83 | 93 | 99 | 97 | 90 | 77 | 64 | 55 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Needles AP, 27 mi away.
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