Mountain Spring
Mountain Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,307 m. Maturango Peak stands 2,670 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Volcano Butte, a peak 5.1 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 27.2 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 28 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 28 mi
- Padre Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coyote Spring: 5.2 mi
- Bircham Springs: 5.3 mi
- La Motte Spring: 5.4 mi
- Margaret Ann Spring: 6.3 mi
- Quail Spring: 7.3 mi
- Volcano Butte: 5.1 mi
- Wild Horse Mesa: 5.9 mi
- Louisiana Butte: 7.5 mi
- Argus Peak: 9.4 mi
- Parrot Point: 10.5 mi
- Madonna: 21.9 mi
- Not A Through Street: 22.0 mi
- Egg: 22.0 mi
- Dummy or Decoy Hunter: 22.9 mi
- Hunting Blinds: 22.9 mi
- Kopper Cabin: 10.9 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 11.3 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 11.4 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 11.4 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 11.4 mi
- Searles Lake Borax Discovery: 16.9 mi
- Pearson Park: 22.4 mi
- Leroy Jackson Park: 22.7 mi
- Petroglyph Park: 22.9 mi
- Ridgecrest Senior Center: 23.4 mi
- Old Guest House Museum: 16.8 mi
- Naval Museum of Armament & Technology: 20.7 mi
- China Lake Museum: 20.7 mi
- China Lake Museum: 22.7 mi
- Maturango Museum: 22.7 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 17.1 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 17.2 mi
- plane: 21.0 mi
- plane: 21.1 mi
- F-4 Phantom II - NWC China Lake 1374: 21.3 mi
- Valley Wells: 15.5 mi
- Coso: 16.5 mi
- Ballarat: 20.4 mi
- Darwin: 22.2 mi
- Trona Highway Rest Stop: 16.9 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 22.3 mi
- Darwin community garden: 22.2 mi
- Herbal Zen Garden: 23.7 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Fossil Falls: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mountain Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maturango Peak | NNE 18° | 2,670 m | 12.5 mi |
| Parkinson Peak | NNE 23° | 2,662 m | 11.5 mi |
| Parrot Point | NNE 27° | 2,540 m | 10.5 mi |
| Coso Peak | NNW 335° | 2,483 m | 19.4 mi |
| Pinon Peak | NW 324° | 2,336 m | 21.1 mi |
| Silver Peak | NNW 330° | 2,287 m | 15.9 mi |
| Slims Peak | E 79° | 2,154 m | 24.8 mi |
| Iron Hill | NNW 329° | 2,108 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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.
- Beavertail Pricklypear2 obs
- Panamint Rattlesnake1 obs
- Common Pill Woodlouse1 obs
- Coastal Rosy Boa1 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/11300363108
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