Funeral Peak
Funeral Peak rises to 1,946 m in California. Porter Peak stands 2,756 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenwater Spring, a spring 3.3 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49030788, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,945.8 m
How to reach it
- 16.8 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Zabriskie Point · 24 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 28 mi
61 named places within 25 miles
- Smith Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Coffin Peak: 8.9 mi
- Desert Hound Peak: 9.7 mi
- Dante's View: 10.2 mi
- Epaulet Peak: 10.6 mi
- Greenwater Spring: 3.3 mi
- Willow Spring: 5.2 mi
- Timpapah Spring: 9.0 mi
- Scottys Spring: 9.2 mi
- Virgin Spring: 10.6 mi
- Badwater Basin: 11.9 mi
- Death Valley Natural Bridge: 14.8 mi
- Death Valley National Park Signage: 18.1 mi
- Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 21.5 mi
- Mushroom Rock: 23.4 mi
- Ashford Mill: 13.2 mi
- Confidence Mills Ruins: 18.5 mi
- Warm Spring Camp: 19.5 mi
- Lost Cabin: 22.5 mi
- Greenwater: 5.3 mi
- Dry fall: 14.8 mi
- Travertine Point: 18.6 mi
- Shoshone Park: 21.6 mi
- Shoshone Museum: 21.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Funeral Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Peak | W 261° | 2,756 m | 24.4 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | N 2° | 2,043 m | 20.0 mi |
| Smith Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,744 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Perry | NNW 335° | 1,742 m | 13.0 mi |
| Dante's View | NNW 326° | 1,739 m | 10.2 mi |
| Coffin Peak | NNW 329° | 1,675 m | 8.9 mi |
| Gold Hill | WSW 252° | 1,662 m | 20.5 mi |
| Shadow Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,543 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:29 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 15:57 | 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, 28 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 242550 — Funeral Peak, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358784485
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