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Ibex Dunes

Ibex Dunes from directly overhead

Ibex Dunes is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Avawatz Mountains stands 1,876 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Saratoga Spring, a spring 3.2 miles away. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

The story

sand dunes in Death Valley National Park, California, United States

Wikidata Q49038213, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.69498, -116.36826

77 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 32
  • Saratoga Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Ibex Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Amargosa Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Sheep Creek Spring: 7.4 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Salt Spring Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Memorial Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Red Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Competition Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Banshee Hill: 8.0 mi
Historic sites: 11
Parks: 5
  • Salt Creek Hills ACEC: 7.3 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 8.5 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 8.5 mi
  • Tecopa Park & Campground: 14.4 mi
  • Shoshone Park: 20.2 mi
Attractions: 4
  • China Ranch Date Farm: 12.1 mi
  • Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 14.2 mi
  • Death Valley National Park Signage: 19.8 mi
  • Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 19.9 mi
Museums: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Salt Creek Riparian Area: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Avawatz MountainsS 171°1,876 m12.7 mi
Epaulet PeakNNW 336°1,455 m21.1 mi
Epaulet PeakNNW 336°1,452.7 m21.1 mi
Ibex PeakNNW 348°1,447 m13.0 mi
Desert Hound PeakNW 322°1,363 m23.3 mi
Sheephead MountainN 351°1,305 m15.7 mi
Salsberry PeakNNW 344°1,251 m18.1 mi
Ashford PeakNW 319°1,087 m23.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:58
June solstice05:3119:2720:05
September equinox06:3418:1018:44
December solstice06:5215:5716:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

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).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1660783 — Ibex Dunes, San Bernardino County, California.

OpenStreetMap element way/1226077052

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