China Garden Spring
China Garden Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 958 m. Cerro Gordo Peak stands 2,793 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Darwin Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 2.1 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 3 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 3 mi
- Padre Point · 3 mi
- Turnout · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Miller's Spring: 1.5 mi
- French Madam Spring: 6.2 mi
- Jack Gunn Spring: 6.2 mi
- Thompson Spring: 7.1 mi
- China Gardens Springs: 8.9 mi
- Zinc Hill: 2.4 mi
- Ophir Mountain: 4.1 mi
- 1440: 6.0 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Ash Hill: 7.5 mi
- Osborn Cabin: 4.3 mi
- Viking/Talc Queen Camp: 10.3 mi
- The Joshua Tree album location: 11.9 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 15.8 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 15.8 mi
- Darwin: 4.6 mi
- Coso: 11.3 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 21.3 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 21.3 mi
- Keeler: 22.5 mi
- Egg: 4.8 mi
- Not A Through Street: 4.8 mi
- Madonna: 4.8 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 8.2 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 8.3 mi
- Cerro Gordo Ghost Town: 21.3 mi
- Conglomerate Double Arch: 18.6 mi
- Telephone Arch: 21.9 mi
- Darwin Falls: 0.6 mi
- Darwin community garden: 4.5 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 23.3 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of China Garden Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Gordo Peak | NW 318° | 2,793 m | 21.0 mi |
| Maturango Peak | S 171° | 2,670 m | 13.5 mi |
| Parkinson Peak | S 170° | 2,662 m | 14.9 mi |
| Parrot Point | S 170° | 2,540 m | 16.2 mi |
| Coso Peak | SW 233° | 2,483 m | 12.7 mi |
| Bald Peak | E 92° | 2,367 m | 24.5 mi |
| Malpais Mesa | NW 307° | 2,357 m | 14.5 mi |
| Pinon Peak | WSW 240° | 2,336 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:34 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 15:59 | 16:39 |
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, 26 mi away.
- Brittlebush92 obs
- Western Toad67 obs
- desert rock nettle63 obs
- Common Chuckwalla58 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus52 obs
- Desert Spiny Lizard48 obs
- watercress43 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard40 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/1145598830
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 26 mi
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