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Willow Spring

Willow Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Willow Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 429 m. Kingston Peak stands 2,235 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.80482, -116.18374

89 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 29
Peaks: 20
Attractions: 18
  • China Ranch Date Farm: 0.7 mi
  • Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 5.1 mi
  • Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 12.7 mi
  • Ibex Dunes: 12.8 mi
  • Death Valley National Park Signage: 14.9 mi
Historic sites: 12
Parks: 5
  • Tecopa Park & Campground: 5.4 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 8.2 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 8.2 mi
  • Shoshone Park: 12.8 mi
  • Salt Creek Hills ACEC: 13.3 mi
Museums: 2
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Salt Creek Riparian Area: 13.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kingston PeakESE 110°2,235 m16.0 mi
Nopah PeakNNE 21°1,943 m15.7 mi
Avawatz MountainsSSW 202°1,876 m21.8 mi
Brown PeakNNW 332°1,505 m24.2 mi
Epaulet PeakWNW 301°1,455 m22.3 mi
Epaulet PeakWNW 301°1,452.7 m22.3 mi
Ibex PeakWNW 291°1,447 m14.0 mi
Sheephead MountainWNW 302°1,305 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2318:57
June solstice05:3019:2720:05
September equinox06:3318:0918:43
December solstice06:5215:5616:35

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Feb, leanest in Jun.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs0.20.30.30.30.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.1

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Willow CK AT China Ranch, CA, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Beavertail Pricklypear45 obs
  • Gambel's Quail36 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard33 obs
  • desert fivespot33 obs
  • Mesquite Mistletoe31 obs
  • Devil's Spineflower28 obs
  • Sacred Datura26 obs
  • Desert Holly26 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 way/1137986867

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