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Shoshone Spring

Shoshone Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Shoshone Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 498 m. Funeral Peak stands 1,946 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Shoshone Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.98047, -116.27390

106 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 27
Attractions: 21
  • Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 0.5 mi
  • Death Valley National Park Signage: 3.6 mi
  • Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 8.1 mi
  • China Ranch Date Farm: 13.2 mi
  • Coast to Coast Radio Station: 18.9 mi
Historic sites: 15
Parks: 12
  • Shoshone Park: 0.4 mi
  • Tecopa Park & Campground: 7.8 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 20.3 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 20.3 mi
  • Kellogg Park (In Construction): 20.7 mi
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Hot springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Salt Creek Riparian Area: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Funeral PeakWNW 294°1,945.8 m21.3 mi
Nopah PeakENE 76°1,943 m10.9 mi
Smith MountainW 277°1,744 m23.4 mi
Smith MountainW 273°1,641 m21.3 mi
Shadow MountainN 3°1,543 m19.5 mi
Brown PeakNNW 326°1,505 m11.2 mi
Epaulet PeakW 268°1,455 m14.0 mi
Epaulet PeakW 268°1,452.7 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2318:57
June solstice05:3019:2820:06
September equinox06:3418:1018:43
December solstice06:5315:5616:35

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434754606978858375635042
Precip in0.70.90.60.30.20.10.40.20.40.40.20.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pahrump 4 NW, 23 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: year-round — fullest in Jan, leanest in Jan.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs0.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.2

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Borehole Spg Channel NR Tecopa Hot Spgs, CA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Mesquite Mistletoe50 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard43 obs
  • Desert Holly37 obs
  • Flame Skimmer36 obs
  • Phainopepla32 obs
  • arrowweed29 obs
  • Creosote Bush27 obs
  • Mojave Seablite25 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9338859130

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