Pinto Peak
Pinto Peak rises to 2,288 m in California. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Malapi Spring, a spring 2.1 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
summit in Death Valley National Park
Wikidata Q49062289, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2288 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Turnout · 4 mi
- Turnout · 5 mi
- Turnout · 7 mi
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Malapi Spring: 2.1 mi
- Willow Spring: 2.1 mi
- Greer Spring: 2.2 mi
- Burns Spring: 2.3 mi
- Canyon Spring: 2.5 mi
- Panamint Butte: 8.0 mi
- Bald Peak: 9.4 mi
- Tucki Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Lake Hill: 9.9 mi
- Aguereberry Point: 10.1 mi
- aka Greene-Denner-Drake Mill: 2.5 mi
- Vehicle: 3.2 mi
- Vehicle: 3.2 mi
- Vehicle: 3.2 mi
- Vehicle: 3.2 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 16.0 mi
- Salt Creek: 19.3 mi
- Mesquite Dunes: 19.9 mi
- Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 20.4 mi
- Mushroom Rock: 20.8 mi
- Skidoo: 5.7 mi
- Panamint City: 19.8 mi
- Harmony Borax Works: 20.7 mi
- Darwin: 21.8 mi
- Ballarat: 23.2 mi
- Egg: 22.0 mi
- Not A Through Street: 22.0 mi
- Madonna: 22.0 mi
- Borax Museum Exhibits: 20.6 mi
- Borax Museum: 20.6 mi
- Telephone Arch: 7.0 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 7.7 mi
- Darwin Falls: 17.1 mi
- Date Grove: 20.6 mi
- Date Grove Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- Darwin community garden: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pinto Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | SSE 153° | 3,369 m | 16.7 mi |
| Rogers Peak | SE 146° | 3,045 m | 13.9 mi |
| Bennett Peak | SSE 148° | 3,027 m | 14.3 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | SSE 157° | 2,936.4 m | 21.5 mi |
| Porter Peak | SSE 158° | 2,774 m | 25.0 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | SE 132° | 2,763 m | 11.1 mi |
| Maturango Peak | SW 220° | 2,670 m | 23.6 mi |
| Parkinson Peak | SW 217° | 2,662 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:32 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 15:58 | 16:38 |
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, 16 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 247542 — Pinto Peak, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358790644
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 9 mi
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