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Tecopa Hot Springs

Tecopa Hot Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Tecopa Hot Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 432 m. Kingston Peak stands 2,235 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Tecopa Park & Campground, a park 0.3 miles away. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.87411, -116.22821

94 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 30
Peaks: 22
Attractions: 19
  • Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 0.5 mi
  • China Ranch Date Farm: 5.4 mi
  • Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 7.3 mi
  • Death Valley National Park Signage: 9.6 mi
  • Ibex Dunes: 14.7 mi
Historic sites: 12
Parks: 6
  • Tecopa Park & Campground: 0.3 mi
  • Shoshone Park: 7.4 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 12.7 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 12.7 mi
  • Salt Creek Hills ACEC: 17.3 mi
Museums: 2
Hot springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Salt Creek Riparian Area: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kingston PeakESE 120°2,235 m20.3 mi
Nopah PeakNE 39°1,943 m12.8 mi
Brown PeakNNW 332°1,505 m18.9 mi
Epaulet PeakWNW 292°1,455 m17.9 mi
Epaulet PeakWNW 292°1,452.7 m17.9 mi
Ibex PeakW 272°1,447 m10.6 mi
Desert Hound PeakWNW 286°1,363 m22.9 mi
Sheephead MountainWNW 287°1,305 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2318:57
June solstice05:3019:2720:05
September equinox06:3418:1018:43
December solstice06:5215:5616:35

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, 28 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, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Saltgrass22 obs
  • Amargosa Pupfish17 obs
  • Boraxweed16 obs
  • Yerba Mansa15 obs
  • American Avocet12 obs
  • American three-square bulrush12 obs
  • Desert Holly12 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog11 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/12714892489

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