Lake Hill
Lake Hill rises to 619 m in California. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Panamint Butte, a peak 4.3 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49043227, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 619 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Turnout · 5 mi
- Turnout · 6 mi
- Turnout · 7 mi
- Padre Point · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- China Garden Spring: 8.7 mi
- Cottonwood Springs: 8.8 mi
- Miller's Spring: 9.8 mi
- Jayhawker Spring: 10.7 mi
- Jack Gunn Spring: 10.8 mi
- Panamint Butte: 4.3 mi
- Zinc Hill: 8.0 mi
- Ash Hill: 8.6 mi
- Pinto Peak: 9.9 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Osborn Cabin: 8.5 mi
- aka Greene-Denner-Drake Mill: 12.2 mi
- Vehicle: 12.5 mi
- Vehicle: 12.5 mi
- Journigan’s Mill: 12.5 mi
- Darwin: 13.2 mi
- Skidoo: 14.7 mi
- Coso: 19.7 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 24.1 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 24.1 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 15.7 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 15.8 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 20.9 mi
- Cerro Gordo Ghost Town: 24.1 mi
- Mesquite Dunes: 24.7 mi
- Egg: 13.4 mi
- Not A Through Street: 13.4 mi
- Madonna: 13.5 mi
- Telephone Arch: 13.3 mi
- Conglomerate Double Arch: 21.3 mi
- Darwin Falls: 8.1 mi
- Darwin community garden: 13.2 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 15.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | SE 130° | 3,369 m | 23.1 mi |
| Rogers Peak | ESE 123° | 3,045 m | 21.2 mi |
| Bennett Peak | SE 125° | 3,027 m | 21.4 mi |
| Cerro Gordo Peak | WNW 296° | 2,793 m | 23.7 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | ESE 113° | 2,763 m | 19.7 mi |
| Maturango Peak | SSW 195° | 2,670 m | 19.1 mi |
| Parkinson Peak | SSW 193° | 2,662 m | 20.2 mi |
| Parrot Point | SSW 192° | 2,540 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 15:59 | 16:39 |
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, 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 244527 — Lake Hill, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358787284
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 18 mi
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