Black Spring
Black Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,852 m. Olancha Peak stands 3,695 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Centennial Spring, a spring 2.0 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 124 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 12 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 12 mi
- Padre Point · 13 mi
- Turnout · 23 mi
124 named places within 25 miles
- Upper Centennial Spring: 2.0 mi
- Lower Centennial Spring: 2.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 3.3 mi
- Chappo Spring: 4.7 mi
- Tub Spring: 5.2 mi
- Iron Hill: 3.3 mi
- Coso Peak: 3.4 mi
- Pinon Peak: 4.7 mi
- Silver Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Eagle Point: 6.7 mi
- The Joshua Tree album location: 5.7 mi
- Viking/Talc Queen Camp: 7.2 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 11.3 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 11.3 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 11.3 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 10.3 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 10.3 mi
- Dirty Socks: 16.4 mi
- Lemon Inn: 17.1 mi
- Cerro Gordo Ghost Town: 20.2 mi
- Coso: 6.9 mi
- Darwin: 7.9 mi
- Keeler: 18.2 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 20.2 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 20.2 mi
- Not A Through Street: 7.8 mi
- Egg: 7.8 mi
- Madonna: 7.8 mi
- Darwin Falls: 12.6 mi
- Fossil Falls: 21.7 mi
- Darwin community garden: 8.0 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 13.3 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 16.8 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Conglomerate Double Arch: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olancha Peak | W 273° | 3,695 m | 21.5 mi |
| Muah Mountain | WNW 296° | 3,357.7 m | 24.3 mi |
| Cartago Peak | WNW 284° | 3,194 m | 21.3 mi |
| Round Mountain | WSW 258° | 3,015 m | 19.5 mi |
| Deer Mountain | WSW 253° | 2,864 m | 22.9 mi |
| Ball Mountain | WSW 238° | 2,822 m | 23.9 mi |
| Cerro Gordo Peak | N 351° | 2,793 m | 20.2 mi |
| Maturango Peak | SE 124° | 2,670 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:34 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:01 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 15 mi away.
- Western Joshua Tree4 obs
- whitedaisy tidytips2 obs
- Spiny Menodora2 obs
- Panamint Prince's Plume2 obs
- Whitemargin Sandmat2 obs
- Sidewinder1 obs
- Desert Iguana1 obs
- Scarlet Milkvetch1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9233799377
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