Hayfield Summit Spring
Hayfield Summit Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 545 m. Eagle Mountain stands 1,631 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayfield Spring, a spring 2.6 miles away. 42 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
How to reach it
42 named places within 25 miles
- Hayfield Spring: 2.6 mi
- Buzzard Spring: 7.6 mi
- Summit Spring: 11.0 mi
- Lost Palms Oasis: 11.9 mi
- Eagle Tank Spring: 12.1 mi
- Alligator: 8.4 mi
- France: 9.6 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Pilot Mountain: 14.1 mi
- Mastodon Peak: 14.1 mi
- General George S. Patton Statue: 10.4 mi
- Camp Young: 13.9 mi
- Shaver's Well: 22.0 mi
- Camp Coxcomb: 22.0 mi
- Edmund C Jaeger Nature Sanctuary: 6.8 mi
- North Shore Community Park: 24.9 mi
- Joshua Tree National Park: 24.9 mi
- Tank Yard: 10.4 mi
- Ocotillo Patch: 24.8 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 10.4 mi
- General George S. Patton Museum: 10.4 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hayfield Summit Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Mountain | W 280° | 1,631 m | 10.8 mi |
| Monument Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,419 m | 20.8 mi |
| Black Butte | SE 132° | 1,349 m | 16.2 mi |
| Cottonwood Point | W 271° | 1,349 m | 20.2 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | SE 130° | 1,235 m | 14.1 mi |
| Pinto Mountain | NW 319° | 1,173 m | 21.5 mi |
| Orocopia Mountain | SW 232° | 1,117 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mastodon Peak | W 275° | 1,035 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:20 | 19:57 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:08 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:44 | 16:00 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 56 | 62 | 67 | 76 | 84 | 91 | 90 | 84 | 72 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayfield Pumping PLT, 4 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).
- Mojave Desert Tortoise3 obs
- blue palo verde2 obs
- Bigelow's monkeyflower2 obs
- Common Raven1 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard1 obs
- ocotillo1 obs
- Beetle Spurge1 obs
- Star Gilia1 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/12183251644
Day trips start here
- Joshua Tree National Park · 23 mi
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