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Golden Oaks Spring

Golden Oaks Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Golden Oaks Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,669 m. Piute Peak stands 2,565 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Champagne Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.22578, -118.23465

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 21
Attractions: 7
Historic sites: 7
Nature reserves: 6
Museums: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Red Rooster Picnic Site: 16.5 mi
  • Donley: 16.8 mi
  • Tamarisk Grove: 16.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Last Chance Canyon Arch: 22.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • 4 Island Lake Beach: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Golden Oaks Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piute PeakNNW 330°2,565 m17.9 mi
Brown PeakNNW 329°2,466 m20.8 mi
Liebel PeakNNW 335°2,452 m21.5 mi
Double MountainSW 227°2,430 m19.5 mi
Tehachapi MountainSW 229°2,418 m18.8 mi
Covington MountainSW 223°2,392 m19.9 mi
Inspiration PointNNW 341°2,387 m21.0 mi
Cummings MountainWSW 236°2,362 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4019:3420:11
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5816:0616:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454853586777838275645244
Precip in1.11.50.80.20.10.00.20.20.10.40.30.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mojave, 13 mi away.

  • Butterfly Mariposa Lily5 obs
  • California milkweed4 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear4 obs
  • Piute Mountains Triteleia4 obs
  • Gopher Snake3 obs
  • Southern Alligator Lizard2 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard2 obs
  • bluehead gilia2 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/935770400

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