Needle Peak
Needle Peak rises to 1,749 m in California. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Spring, a spring 2.0 miles away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Needle Peak is a mountain in the Panamint Range in the northern Mojave Desert, in Inyo County, eastern California.
The peak has an altitude of 1,769 metres (5,804 ft). The peak and Panamint Range are protected within Death Valley National Park.
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Wikidata Q25346034, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,749 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Spring: 2.0 mi
- Willow Spring: 2.4 mi
- Fivemile Spring: 2.6 mi
- Jubilee Spring: 3.3 mi
- Greater View Spring: 3.9 mi
- Striped Butte: 5.0 mi
- Manly Peak: 5.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 5.5 mi
- Gold Hill: 9.2 mi
- Slims Peak: 10.7 mi
- Myers Ranch: 3.6 mi
- Russel Cabin: 3.9 mi
- Mengel Cabin: 3.9 mi
- Barker Ranch: 3.9 mi
- Newman's Cabin: 5.8 mi
- Ballarat: 15.6 mi
- Panamint City: 16.4 mi
- Valley Wells: 17.5 mi
- Baker Ranch: 11.9 mi
- Old Guest House Museum: 21.4 mi
- Trona Highway Rest Stop: 21.5 mi
- Searles Lake Borax Discovery: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Needle Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | N 350° | 3,369 m | 19.9 mi |
| Rogers Peak | N 352° | 3,045 m | 23.1 mi |
| Bennett Peak | N 351° | 3,027 m | 22.4 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | N 349° | 2,936 m | 14.8 mi |
| Porter Peak | N 352° | 2,756 m | 11.4 mi |
| Slims Peak | NNW 327° | 2,154 m | 10.7 mi |
| Manly Peak | WNW 291° | 2,133 m | 5.4 mi |
| Argus Peak | W 264° | 2,000 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:31 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:59 | 16:39 |
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, 22 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/358789644
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