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Artists Palette

Artists Palette, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.36670, -116.80043

100 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 42
Peaks: 26
Historic sites: 11
  • 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
Ghost towns: 6
Attractions: 5
  • 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
Waterfalls: 2
  • Dry fall: 5.9 mi
  • Dry fall: 6.0 mi
Museums: 2
Parks: 2
  • Date Grove: 7.4 mi
  • Amargosa Valley Park: 23.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Date Grove Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telescope PeakSW 230°3,369 m21.1 mi
Rogers PeakWSW 237°3,045 m18.9 mi
Bennett PeakSW 236°3,027 m19.6 mi
Sentinel PeakSW 220°2,936.4 m24.2 mi
Wildrose PeakWSW 248°2,763 m16.7 mi
Bald PeakWSW 255°2,367 m16.8 mi
Pinto PeakW 273°2,288 m23.7 mi
Tucki MountainWNW 297°2,050.1 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2518:59
June solstice05:3119:3120:09
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5615:5616:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F55617078889810410293796453
Precip in0.40.50.20.10.00.10.10.10.20.10.10.3

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

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