Brown Peak
Brown Peak rises to 1,505 m in California. Pyramid Peak stands 2,043 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Spring, a spring 6.4 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in United States of America; GeoNames ID = 5331057
Wikidata Q35729569, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1505 m
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
99 named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Salsberry Peak: 12.3 mi
- Shadow Mountain: 12.4 mi
- Epaulet Peak: 12.5 mi
- Epaulet Peak: 12.5 mi
- Miller Spring: 6.4 mi
- Shoshone Spring: 11.2 mi
- Montgomery Spring: 12.1 mi
- Salsberry Spring: 12.9 mi
- Greenwater Spring: 13.6 mi
- Death Valley National Park Signage: 9.7 mi
- Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 11.6 mi
- Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 19.1 mi
- Devils Hole: 22.0 mi
- Badwater Basin: 22.8 mi
- Shoshone Park: 11.6 mi
- Tecopa Park & Campground: 18.8 mi
- Blosser Park - Fenced Park Ok For Dogs: 21.4 mi
- Discovery Park: 22.3 mi
- Petrack Park: 22.9 mi
- Migger Mesa: 17.8 mi
- Ashford Mill: 21.5 mi
- Confidence Mills Ruins: 21.5 mi
- Lost Cabin: 21.6 mi
- Art Bell Memorial Bench: 23.5 mi
- Shoshone Museum: 11.7 mi
- Pahrump Valley Museum: 22.3 mi
- A Modest Musieum: 24.2 mi
- Dry fall: 24.1 mi
- Dry fall: 24.2 mi
- Greenwater: 13.6 mi
- Tecopa Natural Hot Springs: 18.0 mi
- Travertine Point: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brown Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Peak | NNW 327° | 2,043.1 m | 22.9 mi |
| Funeral Peak | W 266° | 1,945.8 m | 13.4 mi |
| Nopah Peak | ESE 112° | 1,943 m | 18.1 mi |
| Smith Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,744 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Perry | WNW 300° | 1,742 m | 21.8 mi |
| Dante's View | WNW 292° | 1,739 m | 20.5 mi |
| Coffin Peak | WNW 291° | 1,675 m | 19.1 mi |
| Smith Mountain | WSW 241° | 1,641 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:28 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 15:56 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 85 | 83 | 75 | 63 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pahrump 4 NW, 21 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 239727 — Brown Peak, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358781159
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