Waucoba Spring
Waucoba Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,789 m. Mount Baxter stands 4,004 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Inyo, a peak 2.9 miles away. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Side Hill Spring: 5.1 mi
- Seep Hole Spring: 7.6 mi
- Johnson Spring: 9.8 mi
- Barrel Springs: 10.5 mi
- Santa Rita Spring: 10.7 mi
- Mount Inyo: 2.9 mi
- Waucoba Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Wünüpü Peak: 5.1 mi
- Eureka Peak: 9.0 mi
- Andrews Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Administration Circle Garden: 22.2 mi
- Arai Pond: 22.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 22.3 mi
- Barracks Garden: 22.3 mi
- Japanese Garden: 22.3 mi
- Volcano Pool: 16.6 mi
- Wizard Pool: 16.6 mi
- Bat Pool: 16.8 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 16.8 mi
- Crystal Pool: 16.8 mi
- Dehy Park: 19.7 mi
- Independence Park: 19.8 mi
- Mendenhall Park: 22.1 mi
- Big Pine Triangle County Park: 22.2 mi
- Merritt Park: 22.3 mi
- Bend City: 16.3 mi
- San Carlos: 17.0 mi
- Kearsarge: 24.8 mi
- Mary Austin's House: 19.8 mi
- Eastern California Museum: 19.9 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 22.1 mi
- Saline Valley Road OHV Trailhead: 10.9 mi
- Marble Bath: 17.4 mi
- Division Creek Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Fort Independence Travel Plaza: 19.4 mi
- Bat Pole: 17.2 mi
- Paiute Mural: 22.3 mi
- Piñyon Picnic Area Nature Trail: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Waucoba Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baxter | WSW 247° | 4,004 m | 24.9 mi |
| Goodale Mountain | W 265° | 3,900.5 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Perkins | WSW 258° | 3,827 m | 24.5 mi |
| Colosseum Mountain | WSW 254° | 3,795 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Tinemaha | W 275° | 3,770 m | 24.9 mi |
| Indian Rock | WSW 247° | 3,722 m | 23.6 mi |
| Waucoba Mountain | WNW 290° | 3,392 m | 3.5 mi |
| Keynot Peak | S 182° | 3,382 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:37 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 15:59 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 20 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Death Valley National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Sep and Jun; busiest: Mar.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- apricot globemallow9 obs
- singleleaf pinyon5 obs
- Newberry's Milkvetch5 obs
- Desert Mariposa Lily4 obs
- desert larkspur4 obs
- Minthorn's Milkvetch4 obs
- Hopsage3 obs
- Panamint Beardtongue3 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/1450158212
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