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Cerro Gordo Spring

Cerro Gordo Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cerro Gordo Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,678 m. Mount Langley stands 4,277 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mexican Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 161 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.58501, -117.82283

161 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 43
Springs: 34
Attractions: 20
Historic sites: 13
Gardens: 11
  • Administration Circle Garden: 20.4 mi
  • Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 20.7 mi
  • Barracks Garden: 20.7 mi
  • Barracks Garden: 20.7 mi
  • Bk 12 Mess Hall Garden: 20.9 mi
Natural arches: 9
  • Conglomerate Double Arch: 6.2 mi
  • Taco Bell Arch: 15.8 mi
  • Hitching Post Arch: 15.8 mi
  • Gunga Din Arch: 16.2 mi
  • Palette Arch: 16.3 mi
Hot springs: 7
  • Children's Tub: 15.5 mi
  • Crystal Pool: 15.5 mi
  • Bat Pool: 15.5 mi
  • Sunrise Pool: 15.5 mi
  • Wizard Pool: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 6
  • Rock Candy Tower: 16.1 mi
  • Chocolate Block: 16.1 mi
  • Tootsie Pop Tower: 16.1 mi
  • Southern Blonde Rock: 16.3 mi
  • Paul's Paradise: 16.8 mi
Parks: 3
Museums: 3
Artworks: 3
  • Bat Pole: 13.7 mi
  • Miss Alabama: 15.3 mi
  • Paiute Mural: 21.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LangleyW 260°4,277 m23.5 mi
Mount LeConteW 263°4,245.9 m24.0 mi
Mount IrvineW 265°4,222 m24.5 mi
Mount MalloryW 264°4,221.5 m24.5 mi
Mount CorcoranW 262°4,194 m24.0 mi
Lone Pine PeakW 266°3,941 m22.4 mi
Cirque PeakWSW 252°3,930 m24.2 mi
WoollybackWSW 257°3,913 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2919:03
June solstice05:3419:3520:14
September equinox06:4018:1618:50
December solstice07:0116:0016:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444754606979858376645243
Precip in1.40.90.70.20.10.10.10.10.10.20.50.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 26 mi away.

  • limber pine5 obs
  • Great Basin bristlecone pine3 obs
  • Sacramento Waxydogbane3 obs
  • Shadscale Saltbush2 obs
  • fernbush2 obs
  • Panamint Rock Goldenrod2 obs
  • sulfur buckwheat2 obs
  • Inyo Mountains Salamander1 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/9231596824

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