Upper Centennial Spring
Upper Centennial Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,910 m. Olancha Peak stands 3,695 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Centennial Spring, a spring 1.7 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 14 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 14 mi
- Padre Point · 15 mi
- Turnout · 25 mi
122 named places within 25 miles
- Lower Centennial Spring: 1.7 mi
- Black Spring: 2.0 mi
- Crystal Spring: 4.6 mi
- Chappo Spring: 5.3 mi
- Mill Spring: 6.0 mi
- Iron Hill: 2.4 mi
- Pinon Peak: 3.2 mi
- Coso Peak: 3.9 mi
- Silver Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Silver Peak: 7.2 mi
- The Joshua Tree album location: 6.3 mi
- Viking/Talc Queen Camp: 8.3 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 11.8 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 11.8 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 11.8 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 11.9 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 11.9 mi
- Dirty Socks: 14.9 mi
- Lemon Inn: 15.5 mi
- Cerro Gordo Ghost Town: 20.6 mi
- Coso: 8.0 mi
- Darwin: 9.9 mi
- Keeler: 18.0 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 20.6 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 20.6 mi
- Not A Through Street: 9.7 mi
- Egg: 9.8 mi
- Madonna: 9.8 mi
- Darwin Falls: 14.6 mi
- Fossil Falls: 20.3 mi
- Darwin community garden: 10.0 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 11.9 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 15.2 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Conglomerate Double Arch: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Upper Centennial Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olancha Peak | W 275° | 3,695 m | 19.7 mi |
| Muah Mountain | WNW 299° | 3,357.7 m | 22.8 mi |
| Cartago Peak | WNW 287° | 3,194 m | 19.6 mi |
| Brown Mountain | W 273° | 3,038 m | 23.1 mi |
| Round Mountain | WSW 258° | 3,015 m | 17.5 mi |
| Crag Peak | WSW 248° | 2,877 m | 23.4 mi |
| Monache Mountain | W 264° | 2,870 m | 24.1 mi |
| Deer Mountain | WSW 253° | 2,864 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:34 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
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, 13 mi away.
- Desert Mariposa Lily4 obs
- Western Joshua Tree3 obs
- singleleaf pinyon2 obs
- woollypod milkvetch2 obs
- Desert Paintbrush2 obs
- Utah Juniper2 obs
- Bigelow's monkeyflower2 obs
- Western Fence Lizard1 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/9239456184
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