Covington Spring
Covington Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,416 m. Quail Mountain stands 1,772 m to the east-southeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Pappy, a peak 2.3 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pappy: 2.3 mi
- Tune: 2.6 mi
- Quail Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Eureka Peak: 3.3 mi
- Mary: 3.6 mi
- Trashcan Rock - West Face: 5.9 mi
- Trashcan Rock - East Face: 5.9 mi
- Lower Freeway Wall: 6.7 mi
- Upper Freeway Wall: 6.8 mi
- Mindless Mound: 6.8 mi
- Machris Park: 6.6 mi
- Friendly Hills Park: 6.9 mi
- South Park: 7.2 mi
- Community Park: 8.0 mi
- Essig Park: 8.5 mi
- Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area: 5.9 mi
- Middle Kingdom: 7.6 mi
- Outer Mongolia Climbing Area: 8.1 mi
- Fry Boulders: 8.2 mi
- Hall of Horrors: 8.6 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 4.8 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 4.8 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 6.4 mi
- Desert View Conservation Area: 6.9 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 6.9 mi
- Quail Springs: 2.6 mi
- Stubbe Spring: 5.0 mi
- Stubbe Spring: 5.1 mi
- Black Rock Spring: 6.3 mi
- Coyote Hole Spring: 6.9 mi
- JT&S Railroad Museum: 5.1 mi
- Keys Desert Queen Ranch: 7.5 mi
- Hi-Desert Nature Museum: 10.2 mi
- Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo and Museum: 11.4 mi
- Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum: 12.4 mi
- Meditation Garden: 15.6 mi
- University Park Community Gardens: 16.9 mi
- Wildflower Field: 17.5 mi
- Sunnylands Center and Gardens: 17.5 mi
- West Gardens: 17.6 mi
- Samuelson Rocks: 3.7 mi
- Gram Parsons: 7.8 mi
- wind mill: 8.8 mi
- ore stamp: 8.8 mi
- Ruins of a house: 9.1 mi
- Rhythms of Life: 14.2 mi
- Atlatl: 14.2 mi
- Orrery: 15.6 mi
- Synergy: 16.6 mi
- Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 16.7 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 5.9 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
- Delos Bench: 17.9 mi
- Mission Creek Preserve: 19.0 mi
- Bent Palm Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Dry Falls: 20.4 mi
- Tahquitz Falls: 21.2 mi
- West Fork Falls: 23.9 mi
- Seven Sisters Waterfall: 23.9 mi
- Whitewater Adobe Rest Area: 22.0 mi
- Whitewater Rest Area: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Covington Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail Mountain | ESE 102° | 1,772 m | 3.2 mi |
| Queen Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,718 m | 11.5 mi |
| Inspiration Peak | SE 134° | 1,694 m | 8.0 mi |
| Eureka Peak | WNW 289° | 1,682 m | 3.3 mi |
| Chaparrosa Peak | WNW 301° | 1,679 m | 17.9 mi |
| Ryan Mountain | ESE 103° | 1,663 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bernard Point | SE 130° | 1,655 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mt. Minerva Hoyt | E 93° | 1,647 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 16:02 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 51 | 56 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 86 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joshua Tree, 9 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).
- Western Joshua Tree159 obs
- Kingcup Cactus133 obs
- golden linanthus63 obs
- whitedaisy tidytips61 obs
- Plains Pricklypear56 obs
- California juniper44 obs
- apricot globemallow38 obs
- Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake38 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/12063985876
Day trips start here
- Joshua Tree · 8 mi
- Yucca Valley · 11 mi
- Desert Hot Springs · 12 mi
- Twentynine Palms · 15 mi
- Cathedral City · 17 mi
- Palm Springs · 19 mi
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