Lower Centennial Spring
Lower Centennial Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,704 m. Olancha Peak stands 3,695 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Centennial Spring, a spring 1.7 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 130 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 13 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 13 mi
- Padre Point · 14 mi
- Turnout · 25 mi
130 named places within 25 miles
- Upper Centennial Spring: 1.7 mi
- Black Spring: 2.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 5.5 mi
- Chappo Spring: 6.7 mi
- Mill Spring: 7.4 mi
- Iron Hill: 4.1 mi
- Silver Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Pinon Peak: 4.9 mi
- Coso Peak: 5.3 mi
- Eagle Point: 6.6 mi
- The Joshua Tree album location: 4.6 mi
- Viking/Talc Queen Camp: 6.7 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 13.2 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 13.2 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 13.3 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 12.5 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 12.5 mi
- Dirty Socks: 14.2 mi
- Lemon Inn: 15.0 mi
- Cerro Gordo Ghost Town: 18.9 mi
- Coso: 9.1 mi
- Darwin: 9.7 mi
- Keeler: 16.4 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 18.9 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 18.9 mi
- Not A Through Street: 9.6 mi
- Egg: 9.6 mi
- Madonna: 9.6 mi
- Darwin Falls: 14.0 mi
- Fossil Falls: 21.9 mi
- Darwin community garden: 9.8 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 11.1 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 14.6 mi
- Conglomerate Double Arch: 17.3 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lower Centennial Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olancha Peak | W 270° | 3,695 m | 19.6 mi |
| Muah Mountain | WNW 295° | 3,357.7 m | 22.0 mi |
| Cartago Peak | WNW 282° | 3,194 m | 19.1 mi |
| Wonoga Peak | NW 308° | 3,163 m | 24.6 mi |
| Brown Mountain | W 269° | 3,038 m | 23.0 mi |
| Templeton Mountain | W 278° | 3,031 m | 24.7 mi |
| Round Mountain | WSW 253° | 3,015 m | 17.9 mi |
| Crag Peak | WSW 244° | 2,877 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:34 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 14 mi away.
- Desert Mariposa Lily5 obs
- Desert Paintbrush3 obs
- Western Joshua Tree2 obs
- Silver Cholla2 obs
- Utah Juniper2 obs
- Domestic Horse2 obs
- Bigelow's monkeyflower2 obs
- Western Fence Lizard1 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/9239455842
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