Resting Spring
Resting Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 535 m. Kingston Peak stands 2,235 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Tecopa Hot Springs, a spring 4.0 miles away. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
How to reach it
94 named places within 25 miles
- Tecopa Hot Springs: 4.0 mi
- Willow Spring: 5.1 mi
- Chappo Spring: 5.1 mi
- Willow Spring: 5.2 mi
- Tule Spring: 7.1 mi
- Tecopa Hills: 4.1 mi
- Tecopa Peak: 7.3 mi
- Nopah Peak: 10.5 mi
- Veteran's Hill: 13.4 mi
- Banshee Hill: 13.6 mi
- Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 4.2 mi
- China Ranch Date Farm: 5.7 mi
- Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 9.3 mi
- Death Valley National Park Signage: 12.4 mi
- Ibex Dunes: 17.3 mi
- noonday camp - camp millsite: 5.5 mi
- Alexander Mill Site: 6.1 mi
- Bullion Mill Site: 6.2 mi
- Noonday Mill Site: 6.2 mi
- Rainbow Mill Site: 6.2 mi
- Tecopa Park & Campground: 4.2 mi
- Shoshone Park: 9.3 mi
- Veteran's Hill Swingset: 13.4 mi
- Veteran's Hill Swingset: 13.4 mi
- Salt Creek Hills ACEC: 18.5 mi
- A Modest Musieum: 5.7 mi
- Shoshone Museum: 9.2 mi
- Tecopa Natural Hot Springs: 4.3 mi
- The Palisades: 7.2 mi
- Salt Creek Riparian Area: 19.0 mi
- Manse: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Resting Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Peak | SE 128° | 2,235 m | 17.1 mi |
| Nopah Peak | NNE 23° | 1,943 m | 10.5 mi |
| Brown Peak | NW 322° | 1,505 m | 20.8 mi |
| Epaulet Peak | WNW 288° | 1,455 m | 21.6 mi |
| Epaulet Peak | WNW 288° | 1,452.7 m | 21.6 mi |
| Ibex Peak | W 270° | 1,447 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sheephead Mountain | WNW 282° | 1,305 m | 14.4 mi |
| Salsberry Peak | WNW 286° | 1,251 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:27 | 20:05 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:52 | 15:55 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 85 | 83 | 75 | 63 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pahrump 4 NW, 27 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: year-round — fullest in Jan, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Borehole Spg Channel NR Tecopa Hot Spgs, CA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Desert Hairy Scorpion11 obs
- yellow peppercress8 obs
- Yellow Devil Scorpion7 obs
- Johnson's Beehive Cactus4 obs
- Gambel's Quail3 obs
- Mesquite Mistletoe3 obs
- Western Banded Gecko2 obs
- button brittlebush2 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/9339332020
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