Spanish Needle
Spanish Needle rises to 2,390 m in California. Sirretta Peak stands 3,041 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Owens Peak, a peak 2.3 miles away. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.
The story
Summit in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q120442403, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,390 m
How to reach it
123 named places within 25 miles
- Owens Peak: 2.3 mi
- Lamont Peak: 2.8 mi
- Sawtooth Peak: 3.6 mi
- Mount Jenkins: 4.3 mi
- Boulder Peak: 4.5 mi
- Joshua Tree Spring: 2.5 mi
- Coyote Spring: 4.2 mi
- Reinhardt Spring: 8.3 mi
- Big Spring: 10.4 mi
- Cow Heaven Spring: 10.7 mi
- Jet Model: 21.0 mi
- Hunting Blinds: 21.1 mi
- Coso Range Pictographs: 21.2 mi
- Dummy or Decoy Hunter: 21.2 mi
- Snake Figure Alignment: 21.2 mi
- Scodie Park: 13.4 mi
- Inyokern County Park: 13.7 mi
- Kern River Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Pearson Park: 19.8 mi
- South Fork Wildlife Area: 19.8 mi
- Maturango Museum: 21.0 mi
- Historical Society of the Upper Mojave Desert: 21.1 mi
- China Lake Museum: 21.1 mi
- Naval Museum of Armament & Technology: 21.7 mi
- Kern Valley Museum: 23.9 mi
- F-4 Phantom II - NWC China Lake 1374: 20.4 mi
- plane: 20.9 mi
- Berts Canyon Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Freeman Junction: 13.0 mi
- Fossil Falls: 14.7 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Herbal Zen Garden: 21.3 mi
- Last Chance Canyon Arch: 24.0 mi
- Bickel Camp: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spanish Needle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sirretta Peak | WNW 300° | 3,041 m | 21.4 mi |
| Cannell Peak | WNW 288° | 2,887 m | 21.2 mi |
| Crag Peak | NNW 340° | 2,877 m | 25.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 321° | 2,863 m | 22.2 mi |
| Ball Mountain | NNW 346° | 2,822 m | 20.9 mi |
| Cherry Hill | WNW 297° | 2,687 m | 23.3 mi |
| Taylor Dome | WNW 289° | 2,683 m | 17.9 mi |
| Church Dome | WNW 291° | 2,595 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:34 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 57 | 62 | 70 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 67 | 54 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Inyokern, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11032874094
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