Chloride City
Chloride City is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,453 m. Grapevine Peak stands 2,663 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Chloride Cliff, a peak 0.8 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 8.8 miles off. 117 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
ghost town in Inyo County, California
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Corn Field · 12 mi
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes · 15 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 17 mi
- Zabriskie Point · 20 mi
117 named places within 25 miles
- Chloride Cliff: 0.8 mi
- Death Valley Buttes: 6.8 mi
- Corkscrew Peak: 8.1 mi
- Thimble Peak: 11.4 mi
- Sharp Peak: 12.4 mi
- Monarch Spring: 2.4 mi
- Keane Spring: 2.9 mi
- Keane Wonder Springs: 3.3 mi
- Hole in the Rock Spring: 5.4 mi
- Daylight Spring: 6.4 mi
- Carrara: 11.5 mi
- Gold Center: 12.9 mi
- Bullfrog: 13.0 mi
- Leadfield: 13.8 mi
- Rhyolite: 13.9 mi
- Salt Creek: 10.1 mi
- Mesquite Dunes: 13.3 mi
- Rhyolite Ghost Town: 13.7 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 16.2 mi
- Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 17.4 mi
- Rhyolite Bottle House: 13.5 mi
- Rhyolite School Ruins: 13.6 mi
- Rhyolite Ghost Casino: 13.9 mi
- Harmony Borax Works: 15.7 mi
- Mission Ruins: 17.8 mi
- The Last Supper: 13.3 mi
- Lady Desert: The Venus of Nevada: 13.3 mi
- Ghost Rider: 13.3 mi
- Sit Here!: 13.3 mi
- Goldwell Open Air Museum: 13.3 mi
- Beatty Museum & Historical Society: 15.3 mi
- Borax Museum Exhibits: 17.3 mi
- Borax Museum: 17.3 mi
- Cottonwood Park: 15.4 mi
- Robert A. and Florence Revert Park: 15.4 mi
- Date Grove: 17.2 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 16.0 mi
- Date Grove Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 21.7 mi
- Telephone Arch: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chloride City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grapevine Peak | NW 320° | 2,663 m | 23.2 mi |
| Wahguyhe Peak | NW 323° | 2,630 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mount Palmer | NW 315° | 2,409 m | 19.6 mi |
| Tucki Mountain | SW 224° | 2,050 m | 19.8 mi |
| Schwaub Peak | SE 142° | 1,959 m | 20.5 mi |
| Thimble Peak | NW 310° | 1,936 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bare Mountain | NE 51° | 1,925 m | 14.8 mi |
| Bare Mountain Peak | NE 41° | 1,838 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:32 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 15:56 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 86 | 96 | 102 | 100 | 92 | 77 | 62 | 52 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stovepipe Wells 1 SW, 16 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).
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 21 mi
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