Rose Spring
Rose Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,097 m. Olancha Peak stands 3,695 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Coso Junction Rest Area, a rest area 4.4 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 116 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 26.1 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 · 29 mi
116 named places within 25 miles
- Ball Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Cactus Peak: 8.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Red Hill: 8.7 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Soda Springs: 5.3 mi
- Willow Spring: 7.8 mi
- Windy Springs: 9.7 mi
- Deer Spring: 10.5 mi
- Upper Haiwee Spring: 11.3 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 17.8 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 17.8 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 17.8 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 17.8 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 17.8 mi
- Lemon Inn: 15.1 mi
- Dirty Socks: 16.0 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 23.2 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 23.2 mi
- Madonna: 23.2 mi
- Not A Through Street: 23.2 mi
- Egg: 23.2 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 4.4 mi
- Fossil Falls: 9.9 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 15.2 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 15.3 mi
- Darwin community garden: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rose Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olancha Peak | NW 321° | 3,695 m | 14.0 mi |
| Kern Peak | NW 307° | 3,499 m | 22.9 mi |
| Muah Mountain | NNW 336° | 3,357.7 m | 22.2 mi |
| Cartago Peak | NNW 332° | 3,194 m | 16.9 mi |
| Sirretta Peak | WSW 239° | 3,041 m | 24.4 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NW 311° | 3,038 m | 16.1 mi |
| Templeton Mountain | NW 316° | 3,031 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sherman Peak | WSW 254° | 3,020 m | 25.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
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, 2 mi away.
- Desert Mariposa Lily4 obs
- Common Chuckwalla3 obs
- Western Leaf-nosed Snake2 obs
- Mojave Desert Tortoise2 obs
- purple owl's-clover2 obs
- California Buckwheat2 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear2 obs
- Desert Woollystar2 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/9262512530
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