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Peter Kane Water Hole

Peter Kane Water Hole, seen from above at true elevation

Peter Kane Water Hole is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 342 m. Mohave Peak stands 840 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Quartz Peak, a peak 2.2 miles away. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.

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Coordinates33.11309, -114.84802
Around it

54 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 25
  • Quartz Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Buzzards Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Peter Kane Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Black Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Mount Barrow: 6.2 mi
Parks: 6
  • Imperial National Wildlife Refuge: 9.2 mi
  • Imperial National Wildlife Refuge: 10.0 mi
  • Picacho State Recreation Area: 15.0 mi
  • Cibola National Wildlife Refuge: 16.5 mi
  • Cibola National Wildlife Refuge: 16.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Arrowhead Springs: 7.4 mi
  • Arrowweed Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Carrizo Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Well: 17.4 mi
  • Clapp Spring: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 5
  • 1930's Colorado River Work Boat: 14.8 mi
  • Lower Mill: 15.6 mi
  • Upper Mill Site: 15.6 mi
  • Tumco: 16.1 mi
  • Valley of the Names: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Carrizo Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Bear Canyon Falls: 12.3 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Arturos Bridge: 16.5 mi
  • Whitley Bridge: 17.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Peter Kane Water Hole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mohave PeakENE 61°840 m23.5 mi
Needles EyeNE 55°755 m20.1 mi
Quartz PeakSE 139°664 m2.2 mi
Mount BarrowWNW 294°659 m6.2 mi
Black MountainSSE 164°646 m4.2 mi
Peter Kane MountainSE 143°643 m2.4 mi
Stud MountainSSE 163°611 m18.5 mi
Trip MountainENE 72°579 m24.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1918:51
June solstice05:3219:1619:52
September equinox06:2818:0518:38
December solstice06:3915:5916:37

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F586167727988929386766556
Precip in0.40.30.40.10.10.00.30.30.10.20.30.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yuma Quartermaster Depot, 30 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Teddybear Cholla11 obs
  • ocotillo10 obs
  • pink fairy-duster7 obs
  • Notch-leaf Scorpionweed6 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear6 obs
  • Smeringurus vachoni6 obs
  • Brittlebush5 obs
  • Buckhorn Cholla5 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/10793439554

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