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Cabin Spring

Cabin Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cabin Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,310 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.93152, -117.40121

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks: 26
Historic sites: 21
  • Reilly Site: 5.5 mi
  • Kopper Cabin: 8.4 mi
  • Panamint City: 9.7 mi
  • Newman's Cabin: 16.1 mi
  • Clair Camp: 16.5 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Chinook helicopter: 20.3 mi
  • F-14 Tomcat airplane: 20.4 mi
  • Trona Pinnacles: 21.8 mi
  • plane: 24.0 mi
  • plane: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Trona Highway Rest Stop: 12.1 mi
Parks: 1
  • Searles Lake Borax Discovery: 12.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cabin Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telescope PeakNE 47°3,369 m24.0 mi
Sentinel PeakENE 58°2,936.4 m21.4 mi
Porter PeakENE 67°2,774 m20.9 mi
Porter PeakENE 67°2,756 m21.0 mi
Maturango PeakNNW 338°2,670 m14.1 mi
Parkinson PeakNNW 338°2,662 m12.7 mi
Parrot PointNNW 337°2,540 m11.4 mi
Silver PeakNW 311°2,287 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:02
June solstice05:3419:3220:10
September equinox06:3818:1418:48
December solstice06:5716:0016:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475359667584919083705747
Precip in0.80.90.50.10.10.00.10.10.10.20.20.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trona, 12 mi away.

  • coyote melon3 obs
  • Donkey3 obs
  • Black-throated Sparrow2 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard2 obs
  • Brittlebush2 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear2 obs
  • Hopsage2 obs
  • showy gilia2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/11300352880

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