Gold Hill
Gold Hill rises to 1,662 m in California. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Grubstake Spring, a spring 2.5 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
The story
Summit in Death Valley National Park.
Wikidata Q49032083, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,662 m
How to reach it
- 28.0 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Zabriskie Point · 30 mi
86 named places within 25 miles
- Grubstake Spring: 2.5 mi
- Arrastre Spring: 3.2 mi
- Warm Spring: 3.9 mi
- Mesquite Spring: 6.0 mi
- Fivemile Spring: 6.7 mi
- Porter Peak: 5.2 mi
- Striped Butte: 7.0 mi
- Sentinel Peak: 8.2 mi
- Slims Peak: 8.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 9.1 mi
- Warm Spring Camp: 3.8 mi
- Stone Corral: 7.0 mi
- World Beater Cabin: 8.1 mi
- Clair Camp: 9.1 mi
- Mengel Cabin: 9.2 mi
- Panamint City: 10.0 mi
- Ballarat: 14.2 mi
- Greenwater: 23.0 mi
- Valley Wells: 23.7 mi
- Badwater Basin: 18.9 mi
- Baker Ranch: 20.8 mi
- Death Valley Natural Bridge: 22.1 mi
- Dry fall: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gold Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | NNW 329° | 3,369 m | 12.6 mi |
| Rogers Peak | NNW 336° | 3,045 m | 15.5 mi |
| Bennett Peak | NNW 334° | 3,027 m | 15.0 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | NW 315° | 2,936 m | 8.2 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | NNW 342° | 2,763 m | 19.1 mi |
| Porter Peak | WNW 299° | 2,756 m | 5.2 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNW 342° | 2,367 m | 21.0 mi |
| Slims Peak | W 272° | 2,154 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:31 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 15:58 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 75 | 84 | 91 | 90 | 83 | 70 | 57 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trona, 29 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/358784863
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