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Chappo Spring

Chappo Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Chappo Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 594 m. Kingston Peak stands 2,235 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Shoshone Museum, a museum 4.9 miles away. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.94727, -116.18998

99 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 23
Springs: 22
Attractions: 21
  • Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 5.0 mi
  • Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 6.0 mi
  • Death Valley National Park Signage: 8.6 mi
  • China Ranch Date Farm: 10.2 mi
  • Coast to Coast Radio Station: 16.0 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • noonday camp - camp millsite: 10.6 mi
  • Alexander Mill Site: 11.2 mi
  • Noonday Mill Site: 11.3 mi
  • Bullion Mill Site: 11.3 mi
  • Rainbow Mill Site: 11.3 mi
Parks: 12
  • Shoshone Park: 4.9 mi
  • Tecopa Park & Campground: 5.7 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 17.8 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 17.8 mi
  • Kellogg Park (In Construction): 18.1 mi
Museums: 3
Hot springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Salt Creek Riparian Area: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kingston PeakSE 135°2,235 m21.6 mi
Nopah PeakNE 51°1,943 m7.6 mi
Shadow MountainN 350°1,543 m22.1 mi
Brown PeakNW 317°1,505 m15.9 mi
Epaulet PeakW 276°1,455 m18.8 mi
Epaulet PeakW 276°1,452.7 m18.8 mi
Ibex PeakWSW 250°1,447 m13.5 mi
Desert Hound PeakW 273°1,363 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2318:57
June solstice05:2919:2720:05
September equinox06:3318:0918:43
December solstice06:5215:5516:35

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434754606978858375635042
Precip in0.70.90.60.30.20.10.40.20.40.40.20.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pahrump 4 NW, 23 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: year-round — fullest in Jan, leanest in Jan.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs0.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Borehole Spg Channel NR Tecopa Hot Spgs, CA, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • redtip threadplant5 obs
  • Amargosa Pupfish5 obs
  • Death Valley Sage4 obs
  • copperwort3 obs
  • desert neststraw3 obs
  • oleander2 obs
  • Brittlebush2 obs
  • California fan palm2 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/12714920009

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