Soda Springs
Soda Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,832 m. Olancha Peak stands 3,695 m to the north-northwest, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 4.0 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
How to reach it
- 28.8 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Deer Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Ball Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Crag Peak: 6.0 mi
- Deer Island: 6.9 mi
- Rose Spring: 5.3 mi
- Willow Spring: 7.5 mi
- Windy Springs: 8.1 mi
- Aqua Bonita Spring: 8.2 mi
- Soda Springs: 9.0 mi
- The Joshua Tree album location: 21.7 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 22.9 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 22.9 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 22.9 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 22.9 mi
- Fossil Falls: 13.9 mi
- Volcano Falls: 24.3 mi
- Peppermint Creek Falls: 24.8 mi
- Lemon Inn: 12.8 mi
- Dirty Socks: 14.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 23.8 mi
- Natural Arch: 23.9 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 8.5 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 13.1 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 14.5 mi
- Coso: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Soda Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olancha Peak | NNW 337° | 3,695 m | 9.8 mi |
| Trail Peak | NNW 339° | 3,539 m | 21.6 mi |
| Kern Peak | NW 312° | 3,499 m | 17.8 mi |
| Muah Mountain | NNW 347° | 3,357.7 m | 18.8 mi |
| Three Rocks | NW 308° | 3,243 m | 20.1 mi |
| Cartago Peak | NNW 347° | 3,194 m | 13.4 mi |
| Overlook Mountain | NW 307° | 3,108 m | 22.6 mi |
| Sirretta Peak | SW 227° | 3,041 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
- Desert Peach3 obs
- Western Fence Lizard2 obs
- Desert Night Lizard2 obs
- California milkweed2 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear2 obs
- Frémont's Phacelia2 obs
- fragrant sumac2 obs
- Mojave Beardtongue2 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/9451668346
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