Artists Palette
Artists Palette rises to 238 m in California. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mars Hill, a peak 3.1 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35724482, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 238 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Zabriskie Point · 4 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 8 mi
- Devil's Corn Field · 23 mi
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes · 24 mi
100 named places within 25 miles
- Navel Spring: 4.8 mi
- Travertine Springs: 5.5 mi
- Texas Springs: 6.6 mi
- Lemonade Spring: 7.1 mi
- Tule Spring: 9.6 mi
- Mars Hill: 3.1 mi
- Ivan's Folly: 3.3 mi
- Manly Beacon: 4.2 mi
- Red Cathedral: 4.4 mi
- Mount Perry: 7.7 mi
- Mission Ruins: 6.4 mi
- Harmony Borax Works: 8.9 mi
- Sunset Mine Cabin: 17.4 mi
- Tank: 17.7 mi
- Vehicle: 21.4 mi
- Harmony Borax Works: 8.8 mi
- Greenwater: 16.5 mi
- Leeland: 19.3 mi
- Skidoo: 19.9 mi
- Panamint City: 23.7 mi
- Mushroom Rock: 3.2 mi
- Death Valley Natural Bridge: 6.0 mi
- Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 7.2 mi
- Badwater Basin: 9.6 mi
- Salt Creek: 18.9 mi
- Dry fall: 5.9 mi
- Dry fall: 6.0 mi
- Borax Museum: 7.2 mi
- Borax Museum Exhibits: 7.3 mi
- Date Grove: 7.4 mi
- Amargosa Valley Park: 23.4 mi
- Date Grove Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Travertine Point: 7.6 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 20.1 mi
- Telephone Arch: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Artists Palette. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | SW 230° | 3,369 m | 21.1 mi |
| Rogers Peak | WSW 237° | 3,045 m | 18.9 mi |
| Bennett Peak | SW 236° | 3,027 m | 19.6 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | SW 220° | 2,936.4 m | 24.2 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | WSW 248° | 2,763 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bald Peak | WSW 255° | 2,367 m | 16.8 mi |
| Pinto Peak | W 273° | 2,288 m | 23.7 mi |
| Tucki Mountain | WNW 297° | 2,050.1 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:31 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 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 | 55 | 61 | 70 | 78 | 88 | 98 | 104 | 102 | 93 | 79 | 64 | 53 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Death Valley NP, 8 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
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1656426 — Artists Palette, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358804250
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 17 mi
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