Death Valley Buttes
Death Valley Buttes rises to 896 m in California. Grapevine Peak stands 2,663 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hole in the Rock Spring, a spring 3.1 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 5.2 miles off. 123 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.
The story
Summit in Death Valley National Park.
Wikidata Q35737120, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 896 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Corn Field · 8 mi
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes · 10 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 19 mi
- Zabriskie Point · 23 mi
123 named places within 25 miles
- Corkscrew Peak: 4.1 mi
- Chloride Cliff: 7.0 mi
- Thimble Peak: 7.2 mi
- Sharp Peak: 13.2 mi
- Bullfrog Mountain: 15.2 mi
- Hole in the Rock Spring: 3.1 mi
- Monarch Spring: 4.6 mi
- Keane Wonder Springs: 5.0 mi
- Lostman Spring: 5.2 mi
- Keane Spring: 6.1 mi
- Chloride City: 6.8 mi
- Leadfield: 9.8 mi
- Bullfrog: 15.5 mi
- Rhyolite: 16.5 mi
- Gold Center: 17.0 mi
- Rhyolite Bottle House: 16.1 mi
- Rhyolite School Ruins: 16.2 mi
- Rhyolite Ghost Casino: 16.4 mi
- Harmony Borax Works: 17.5 mi
- Mission Ruins: 20.0 mi
- Mesquite Dunes: 7.1 mi
- Salt Creek: 8.3 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 10.7 mi
- Rhyolite Ghost Town: 16.3 mi
- Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 19.2 mi
- The Last Supper: 15.9 mi
- Lady Desert: The Venus of Nevada: 15.9 mi
- Ghost Rider: 15.9 mi
- Sit Here!: 15.9 mi
- Goldwell Open Air Museum: 15.9 mi
- Beatty Museum & Historical Society: 19.0 mi
- Borax Museum Exhibits: 19.2 mi
- Borax Museum: 19.2 mi
- Date Grove: 19.0 mi
- Cottonwood Park: 19.1 mi
- Robert A. and Florence Revert Park: 19.2 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 18.2 mi
- Date Grove Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Telephone Arch: 19.1 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Death Valley Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grapevine Peak | NNW 335° | 2,663 m | 19.3 mi |
| Wahguyhe Peak | NNW 341° | 2,630 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mount Palmer | NNW 332° | 2,409 m | 15.2 mi |
| White Top Mountain | WNW 282° | 2,284 m | 23.1 mi |
| Leaning Rock | W 274° | 2,238 m | 23.5 mi |
| Tucki Mountain | SSW 205° | 2,050 m | 16.2 mi |
| Thimble Peak | NNW 344° | 1,936 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bare Mountain | ENE 63° | 1,925 m | 20.4 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 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 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, 11 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358806325
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 19 mi
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