Goffs Schoolhouse
Goffs Schoolhouse is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 789 m. Table Top stands 1,884 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway runs past it. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
The story
Ghost town in San Bernardino County, California
Wikidata Q3074252, matched on coordinates and name (483 m apart).
How to reach it
- On the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
57 named places within 25 miles
- Goffs Butte: 2.8 mi
- Signal Hill: 7.6 mi
- Billie Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Homer Mountain: 11.4 mi
- Hackberry Mountain: 12.6 mi
- Vontrigger Spring: 10.3 mi
- Fenner Spring: 11.8 mi
- Hackberry Spring: 12.7 mi
- Piute Spring: 13.8 mi
- Desert Spring: 15.8 mi
- Goffs Schoolhouse: 0.0 mi
- Army Camp at Goffs Desert Training Center: 0.0 mi
- Pah-ute Creek: 0.1 mi
- John Wilkie Safety Rest Area at Fenner: 11.5 mi
- Piute Corral: 13.0 mi
- John Wilkie Rest Area at Fenner: 11.6 mi
- John Wilkie Rest Area at Fenner: 11.6 mi
- Laughlin Brake Check Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Southern Nevada Visitors Center: 23.9 mi
- Petroglyphs: 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Goffs Schoolhouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Top | NW 308° | 1,884 m | 21.4 mi |
| Pinto Mountain | NW 316° | 1,873 m | 24.8 mi |
| Little Thorne Mountains | WNW 299° | 1,780 m | 23.7 mi |
| Twin Buttes | NW 306° | 1,704 m | 20.7 mi |
| Hackberry Mountain | NW 316° | 1,644 m | 12.6 mi |
| Wild Horse Mesa | WNW 289° | 1,581 m | 23.0 mi |
| Grotto Hills | NNW 333° | 1,492 m | 18.5 mi |
| Tortoise Shell Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,402 m | 17.3 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: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 48 | 53 | 59 | 68 | 78 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mitchell Caverns, 27 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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