La Motte Spring
La Motte Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,655 m. Sentinel Peak stands 2,936 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Coyote Spring, a spring 1.4 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 24.1 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 26 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 26 mi
- Padre Point · 26 mi
- Turnout · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coyote Spring: 1.4 mi
- Margaret Ann Spring: 2.0 mi
- Snooky Spring: 3.6 mi
- Bircham Springs: 4.1 mi
- Mountain Spring: 5.4 mi
- Parrot Point: 6.7 mi
- Parkinson Peak: 8.0 mi
- Wild Horse Mesa: 8.6 mi
- Louisiana Butte: 8.9 mi
- Volcano Butte: 9.0 mi
- Kopper Cabin: 5.7 mi
- Reilly Site: 6.4 mi
- Panamint City: 11.6 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 11.9 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 12.0 mi
- Valley Wells: 13.7 mi
- Ballarat: 15.1 mi
- Coso: 16.2 mi
- Darwin: 20.5 mi
- Panamint City: 23.5 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 15.2 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 15.2 mi
- plane: 25.0 mi
- Old Guest House Museum: 16.7 mi
- Naval Museum of Armament & Technology: 24.6 mi
- China Lake Museum: 24.6 mi
- Madonna: 20.3 mi
- Egg: 20.4 mi
- Not A Through Street: 20.4 mi
- Darwin Falls: 23.3 mi
- Fossil Falls: 23.9 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Trona Highway Rest Stop: 16.8 mi
- Searles Lake Borax Discovery: 16.8 mi
- Darwin community garden: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of La Motte Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentinel Peak | ENE 71° | 2,936.4 m | 23.8 mi |
| Porter Peak | E 79° | 2,774 m | 24.2 mi |
| Porter Peak | E 79° | 2,756 m | 24.2 mi |
| Maturango Peak | N 355° | 2,670 m | 9.4 mi |
| Parkinson Peak | N 358° | 2,662 m | 8.0 mi |
| Parrot Point | N 360° | 2,540 m | 6.7 mi |
| Coso Peak | NW 319° | 2,483 m | 19.8 mi |
| Pinon Peak | NW 311° | 2,336 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:15 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:00 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 75 | 84 | 91 | 90 | 83 | 70 | 57 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trona, 16 mi away.
- apricot globemallow1 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear1 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/9342697509
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