Buzzard Spring
Buzzard Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 621 m. Eagle Mountain stands 1,631 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. 35 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
How to reach it
35 named places within 25 miles
- France: 5.1 mi
- Alligator: 10.6 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 13.7 mi
- Mastodon Peak: 17.2 mi
- Pinto Mountain: 18.4 mi
- Eagle Tank Spring: 6.1 mi
- Hayfield Summit Spring: 7.6 mi
- Hayfield Spring: 8.0 mi
- Summit Spring: 15.1 mi
- Lost Palms Oasis: 15.9 mi
- General George S. Patton Statue: 16.1 mi
- Camp Coxcomb: 16.7 mi
- Camp Young: 18.9 mi
- Tank Yard: 16.2 mi
- Ocotillo Patch: 23.2 mi
- Cholla Cactus Garden: 24.4 mi
- Edmund C Jaeger Nature Sanctuary: 10.5 mi
- Joshua Tree National Park: 23.6 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 3.1 mi
- General George S. Patton Museum: 16.1 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buzzard Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,631 m | 13.7 mi |
| Monument Mountain | W 268° | 1,419 m | 21.7 mi |
| Black Butte | SSE 151° | 1,349 m | 20.8 mi |
| Cottonwood Point | WSW 252° | 1,349 m | 23.3 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | SSE 152° | 1,235 m | 18.6 mi |
| Pinto Mountain | WNW 299° | 1,173 m | 18.4 mi |
| Orocopia Mountain | SW 220° | 1,117 m | 23.1 mi |
| Mastodon Peak | WSW 249° | 1,035 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:44 | 16:00 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 58 | 65 | 71 | 80 | 89 | 94 | 93 | 87 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eagle MTN, 4 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Joshua Tree National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jul and Aug; busiest: Mar.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- ocotillo2 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus2 obs
- Long-eared Owl1 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard1 obs
- Brittlebush1 obs
- apricot globemallow1 obs
- Queen1 obs
- saltcedar1 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/12183251645
Day trips start here
- Joshua Tree National Park · 22 mi
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