Goat Springs
Goat Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,821 m. Mount Whitney stands 4,420 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is New York Butte, a peak 1.7 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
How to reach it
- 27.5 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- New York Butte: 1.7 mi
- Keynot Peak: 2.8 mi
- Long John Point: 4.0 mi
- Mount Inyo: 5.1 mi
- Haystack: 5.1 mi
- Cove Spring: 2.6 mi
- French Spring: 3.1 mi
- Bed Spring: 4.6 mi
- Pat Keyes Spring: 6.0 mi
- Mexican Spring: 8.2 mi
- Sherwood Forest Tree: 8.0 mi
- Chicken Ranch: 10.3 mi
- Iron Man (movie site): 10.4 mi
- Eye of Alabama: 10.5 mi
- Man of Steel (movie site): 10.5 mi
- Headframe: 3.6 mi
- Old dump truck bed: 3.6 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 8.6 mi
- Cousin Jack: 8.9 mi
- Owens Lake-Silver Lead Furnace Historical Marker: 10.3 mi
- Administration Circle Garden: 12.0 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 12.3 mi
- Barracks Garden: 12.4 mi
- Barracks Garden: 12.4 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 12.5 mi
- Hitching Post Arch: 10.4 mi
- Taco Bell Arch: 10.4 mi
- Heart Arch: 10.9 mi
- Mobius Arch: 11.0 mi
- Lathe Arch: 11.0 mi
- Swansea: 10.3 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 12.2 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 12.2 mi
- Keeler: 13.2 mi
- San Carlos: 13.8 mi
- Children's Tub: 13.1 mi
- Crystal Pool: 13.1 mi
- Bat Pool: 13.1 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 13.1 mi
- Wizard Pool: 13.8 mi
- Paul's Paradise: 11.2 mi
- Chocolate Block: 11.3 mi
- Rock Candy Tower: 11.4 mi
- Tootsie Pop Tower: 11.4 mi
- Southern Blonde Rock: 11.4 mi
- Spainhower Park: 8.1 mi
- Diaz Lake Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
- Merritt Park: 12.7 mi
- Independence Park: 16.7 mi
- Dehy Park: 17.2 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 8.2 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 8.3 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 12.2 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 17.1 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 17.2 mi
- Miss Alabama: 10.2 mi
- Bat Pole: 10.9 mi
- Paiute Mural: 12.7 mi
- Whitney Portal Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 19.7 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Goat Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Whitney | WSW 252° | 4,419.6 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Williamson | W 267° | 4,383 m | 20.6 mi |
| Keeler Needle | WSW 251° | 4,361.2 m | 20.6 mi |
| Crooks Peak | WSW 251° | 4,341.7 m | 20.5 mi |
| Lewis Peak | WSW 251° | 4,306.7 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Russell | WSW 254° | 4,296 m | 20.2 mi |
| Aiguille Extra | WSW 251° | 4,289 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Langley | WSW 238° | 4,277 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:00 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 17 mi away.
- Clark's Nutcracker1 obs
- Desert Iguana1 obs
- Great Basin bristlecone pine1 obs
- Creosote Bush1 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/9231451899
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