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Chloride Cliff

Chloride Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

Chloride Cliff rises to 1,606 m in California. Grapevine Peak stands 2,663 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Chloride City, a ghost town 0.8 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off. 128 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35734522, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1606 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.69537, -116.88023

128 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 44
Ghost towns: 12
Attractions: 6
Historic sites: 6
Artworks: 4
  • The Last Supper: 14.0 mi
  • Lady Desert: The Venus of Nevada: 14.0 mi
  • Ghost Rider: 14.1 mi
  • Sit Here!: 14.1 mi
Museums: 4
Parks: 4
  • Cottonwood Park: 16.0 mi
  • Robert A. and Florence Revert Park: 16.0 mi
  • Date Grove: 16.4 mi
  • Amargosa Valley Park: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Date Grove Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Telephone Arch: 22.9 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grapevine PeakNW 321°2,663.3 m23.9 mi
Wahguyhe PeakNW 324°2,629.8 m21.0 mi
Mount PalmerNW 316°2,409 m20.2 mi
Tucki MountainSW 226°2,050.1 m19.3 mi
Schwaub PeakSE 140°1,959 m19.8 mi
Thimble PeakNW 312°1,936 m12.0 mi
Bare MountainNE 48°1,925.4 m15.3 mi
Bare Mountain PeakNE 39°1,838 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2619:00
June solstice05:3019:3220:10
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5715:5616:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F54606876869610210092776252
Precip in0.20.60.20.10.10.00.20.10.00.10.10.1

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

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 221082 — Chloride Cliff, Inyo County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358763567

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