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Twelvemile Spring

Twelvemile Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Twelvemile Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 672 m. Kingston Peak stands 2,235 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Nopah Peak, a peak 4.0 miles away. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.02182, -116.15529

94 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 23
Peaks: 20
Attractions: 20
Historic sites: 13
  • noonday camp - camp millsite: 14.9 mi
  • Art Bell Memorial Bench: 15.5 mi
  • Alexander Mill Site: 15.6 mi
  • Noonday Mill Site: 15.6 mi
  • Mabel Mill Site: 15.6 mi
Parks: 12
  • Shoshone Park: 7.2 mi
  • Tecopa Park & Campground: 11.2 mi
  • Kellogg Park (In Construction): 13.5 mi
  • Discovery Park: 15.1 mi
  • Ian Deutch Memorial Park: 15.4 mi
Museums: 3
Hot springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kingston PeakSSE 147°2,235 m24.4 mi
Nopah PeakE 94°1,943 m4.0 mi
Shadow MountainNNW 341°1,543 m17.6 mi
Brown PeakWNW 297°1,505 m14.4 mi
Epaulet PeakW 261°1,455 m20.9 mi
Epaulet PeakW 261°1,452.7 m20.9 mi
Ibex PeakSW 236°1,447 m17.7 mi
Pupfish PeakN 356°1,327.41 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2318:57
June solstice05:2919:2720:05
September equinox06:3318:0918:43
December solstice06:5215:5516:35

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, 17 mi away.

  • Desert Night Lizard25 obs
  • Shadscale Saltbush5 obs
  • Utah Agave5 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard4 obs
  • Common Desert Centipede4 obs
  • Yellow Devil Scorpion4 obs
  • Mojave Seablite3 obs
  • Coville's orach3 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/9339332423

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