Wild Horse Spring
Wild Horse Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,991 m. Olancha Peak stands 3,695 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Silver Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 16.0 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 17 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 17 mi
- Padre Point · 17 mi
- Turnout · 25 mi
118 named places within 25 miles
- Summer Spring: 0.7 mi
- Lost Cabin Spring: 1.1 mi
- Mill Spring: 2.4 mi
- Cole Spring: 2.7 mi
- Upper Haiwee Spring: 2.7 mi
- Silver Peak: 0.6 mi
- Coso Peak: 3.8 mi
- Iron Hill: 4.7 mi
- Pinon Peak: 5.1 mi
- Cactus Peak: 7.3 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 5.3 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 5.3 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 5.3 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 5.4 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 5.4 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 9.4 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 9.4 mi
- Dirty Socks: 20.6 mi
- Lemon Inn: 20.9 mi
- Madonna: 10.6 mi
- Not A Through Street: 10.7 mi
- Egg: 10.7 mi
- Darwin Falls: 16.1 mi
- Fossil Falls: 16.3 mi
- Darwin community garden: 10.9 mi
- Coso Junction Rest Area: 14.6 mi
- Dirty Socks Hot Spring: 17.9 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- Cartago Wildlife Area: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wild Horse Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olancha Peak | WNW 290° | 3,695 m | 23.7 mi |
| Cartago Peak | WNW 300° | 3,194 m | 24.6 mi |
| Round Mountain | W 278° | 3,015 m | 20.0 mi |
| Crag Peak | W 264° | 2,877 m | 24.4 mi |
| Deer Mountain | W 270° | 2,864 m | 22.7 mi |
| Ball Mountain | WSW 255° | 2,822 m | 21.8 mi |
| Maturango Peak | E 99° | 2,670 m | 12.6 mi |
| Parkinson Peak | ESE 104° | 2,662 m | 13.3 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 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 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.
- Donkey1 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/12717147487
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