Johnson Spring
Johnson Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,059 m. Quail Mountain stands 1,772 m to the southwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Cove Canyon Dome, a cliff 0.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cove Canyon Dome: 0.1 mi
- Afro Awareness Week: 0.2 mi
- Ancient Kingdom: 0.2 mi
- Shuttle Rock: 0.2 mi
- Wonder Bluffs: 0.3 mi
- Moosedog Tower: 0.7 mi
- Queen Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Echo Rock: 4.2 mi
- Echo Cove South Face: 4.2 mi
- The Blob: 4.7 mi
- Knott's Sky Park: 5.2 mi
- Bucklin Park: 6.7 mi
- Veteran's Park: 7.2 mi
- Joe Davis Park: 8.0 mi
- Luckie Park: 8.2 mi
- Super Dome: 1.0 mi
- Valley of Kings: 1.2 mi
- Willow Hole: 1.2 mi
- Willow Hole: 1.2 mi
- Outer Mongolia Climbing Area: 1.3 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 6.7 mi
- Desert View Conservation Area: 7.9 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 8.8 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 8.9 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 9.9 mi
- Sneakeye Spring: 0.6 mi
- Fortynine Palms Oasis Spring: 3.4 mi
- Pine Spring: 6.3 mi
- Quail Springs: 6.6 mi
- Coyote Hole Spring: 8.8 mi
- Abandoned rusty car: 3.7 mi
- Abandoned rusty half-buried car: 3.7 mi
- Worth Bagley stone: 3.9 mi
- Ruins of a house: 4.0 mi
- Abandoned Rusty Car: 4.0 mi
- Keys Desert Queen Ranch: 2.8 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum, Twentynine Palms Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- JT&S Railroad Museum: 8.2 mi
- Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum: 10.6 mi
- Hi-Desert Nature Museum: 15.0 mi
- Orrery: 7.1 mi
- Rhythms of Life: 17.4 mi
- Atlatl: 17.4 mi
- Synergy: 23.8 mi
- Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 24.4 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 3.8 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Meditation Garden: 7.1 mi
- University Park Community Gardens: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Johnson Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail Mountain | SW 221° | 1,772 m | 7.2 mi |
| Queen Mountain | SE 124° | 1,718 m | 4.1 mi |
| Inspiration Peak | SSW 191° | 1,694 m | 10.6 mi |
| Eureka Peak | WSW 251° | 1,682 m | 11.5 mi |
| Ryan Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,663 m | 7.0 mi |
| Bernard Point | SSE 163° | 1,655 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mt. Minerva Hoyt | SW 218° | 1,647 m | 6.3 mi |
| Lost Horse Mountain | S 173° | 1,609 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:01 | 16:40 |
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 | 68 | 76 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 83 | 71 | 59 | 51 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twentynine Palms, 8 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).
- Branched Pencil Cholla232 obs
- California Barrel Cactus203 obs
- Mojave Yucca180 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear142 obs
- Creosote Bush137 obs
- Silver Cholla135 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard134 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus118 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/3453096104
Day trips start here
- Twentynine Palms · 6 mi
- Joshua Tree · 9 mi
- Yucca Valley · 15 mi
- Joshua Tree National Park · 20 mi
- Riverside County · 20 mi
- Desert Hot Springs · 21 mi
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