Wood Spring
Wood Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 894 m. Bernard Point stands 1,655 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottonwood Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
How to reach it
79 named places within 25 miles
- Joshua Tree National Park: 14.1 mi
- North Shore Community Park: 15.0 mi
- Parque De Pueblo: 15.4 mi
- Mecca Sports Complex: 18.7 mi
- Thermal Ball Park: 20.2 mi
- Mastodon Peak: 0.7 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Cottonwood Point: 5.5 mi
- Buried Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Monument Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 0.3 mi
- Cotton Spring: 0.7 mi
- Lost Palms Oasis: 3.1 mi
- Summit Spring: 4.0 mi
- Pinkham Spring: 8.7 mi
- Tank Yard: 7.1 mi
- Ocotillo Patch: 14.5 mi
- Costa Mesa Lot: 14.5 mi
- Cholla Cactus Garden: 14.9 mi
- Malapai Hill viewpoint: 20.9 mi
- Camp Young: 4.9 mi
- General George S. Patton Statue: 7.1 mi
- Shaver's Well: 10.0 mi
- Eagle Cliff Boulder House: 24.6 mi
- General George S. Patton Museum: 7.1 mi
- Salton Sea History Museum & Visitor Center: 16.4 mi
- Cabazon Cultural Museum: 21.9 mi
- Coachella Valley History Museum: 23.7 mi
- Sneaker Beach: 16.8 mi
- Betz Beach: 17.5 mi
- Salton Beach: 18.7 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wood Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Point | WNW 301° | 1,655 m | 18.1 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | E 79° | 1,631 m | 4.2 mi |
| Lost Horse Mountain | NW 307° | 1,609 m | 23.4 mi |
| Monument Mountain | NW 318° | 1,419 m | 7.5 mi |
| Twentynine Palms Mountain | NNW 340° | 1,391 m | 23.9 mi |
| Cottonwood Point | W 261° | 1,349 m | 5.5 mi |
| Jumbo Rocks | NW 322° | 1,339 m | 23.1 mi |
| Malapai Hill | NW 312° | 1,304 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:09 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:45 | 16:01 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 55 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 82 | 88 | 88 | 82 | 71 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chiriaco Summit, 7 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Joshua Tree National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jul and Aug; busiest: Mar.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- desert bluebells1,041 obs
- Mojave Yucca710 obs
- California Barrel Cactus620 obs
- ocotillo618 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus575 obs
- Branched Pencil Cholla543 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard488 obs
- sand blazingstar474 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/8300257943
Day trips start here
- Joshua Tree National Park · 12 mi
- Riverside County · 17 mi
- Coachella · 21 mi
- Indio · 24 mi
- La Quinta · 28 mi
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