Rock Spring
Rock Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,139 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Peach Spring, a spring 0.7 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 28.0 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Peach Spring: 0.7 mi
- Dripping Spring: 0.8 mi
- Cabin Spring: 0.8 mi
- Alpha Spring: 2.3 mi
- Bobcat Spring: 2.3 mi
- Argus Peak: 6.6 mi
- Point of Rocks: 10.4 mi
- Parrot Point: 11.6 mi
- Parkinson Peak: 12.9 mi
- Maturango Peak: 14.2 mi
- Reilly Site: 5.1 mi
- Kopper Cabin: 8.3 mi
- Panamint City: 9.0 mi
- Newman's Cabin: 15.4 mi
- Clair Camp: 15.7 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 20.5 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 20.6 mi
- Trona Pinnacles: 21.9 mi
- plane: 24.7 mi
- plane: 24.7 mi
- Valley Wells: 7.9 mi
- Ballarat: 12.0 mi
- Panamint City: 20.7 mi
- Coso: 22.2 mi
- Old Guest House Museum: 12.1 mi
- Naval Museum of Armament & Technology: 24.1 mi
- China Lake Museum: 24.1 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Trona Highway Rest Stop: 12.2 mi
- Searles Lake Borax Discovery: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | NE 46° | 3,369 m | 23.2 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | ENE 57° | 2,936.4 m | 20.6 mi |
| Porter Peak | ENE 67° | 2,774 m | 20.1 mi |
| Porter Peak | ENE 67° | 2,756 m | 20.1 mi |
| Maturango Peak | NNW 335° | 2,670 m | 14.2 mi |
| Parkinson Peak | NNW 334° | 2,662 m | 12.9 mi |
| Parrot Point | NNW 333° | 2,540 m | 11.6 mi |
| Silver Peak | NW 310° | 2,287 m | 23.2 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 | 19:32 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 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, 12 mi away.
- Beavertail Pricklypear3 obs
- Donkey3 obs
- Cottontop Cactus3 obs
- Black-throated Sparrow2 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard2 obs
- Brittlebush2 obs
- Desert Spiny Lizard2 obs
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher1 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/11300352879
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