Peak · California
Sheephead Mountain
Sheephead Mountain rises to 1,305 m in California. Funeral Peak stands 1,946 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Salsberry Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
summit in Death Valley National Park
Wikidata Q49073074, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1305 m
How to reach it
Coordinates35.91997, -116.41015
79 named places within 25 miles
Springs: 27
- Salsberry Spring: 0.9 mi
- Sheephead Spring: 1.4 mi
- Montgomery Spring: 2.9 mi
- Rhodes Spring: 6.5 mi
- Miller Spring: 8.2 mi
Peaks: 25
- Ibex Peak: 2.9 mi
- Salsberry Peak: 3.2 mi
- Rhodes Hill: 5.0 mi
- Epaulet Peak: 7.4 mi
- Epaulet Peak: 7.4 mi
Historic sites: 11
- Lost Cabin: 8.1 mi
- Confidence Mills Ruins: 10.2 mi
- Ashford Mill: 15.3 mi
- noonday camp - camp millsite: 18.7 mi
- Alexander Mill Site: 19.0 mi
Attractions: 5
- Death Valley National Park Signage: 5.8 mi
- Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 8.4 mi
- Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 10.6 mi
- China Ranch Date Farm: 14.6 mi
- Ibex Dunes: 15.7 mi
Parks: 5
- Shoshone Park: 8.7 mi
- Tecopa Park & Campground: 10.4 mi
- Veteran's Hill Swingset: 19.2 mi
- Veteran's Hill Swingset: 19.2 mi
- Salt Creek Hills ACEC: 21.8 mi
Museums: 2
- Shoshone Museum: 8.7 mi
- A Modest Musieum: 14.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Tecopa Natural Hot Springs: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
- The Palisades: 15.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Greenwater: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Salt Creek Riparian Area: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sheephead Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral Peak | NW 317° | 1,945.8 m | 17.4 mi |
| Nopah Peak | ENE 70° | 1,943 m | 19.4 mi |
| Smith Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,744 m | 17.0 mi |
| Smith Mountain | WNW 291° | 1,641 m | 14.7 mi |
| Brown Peak | N 6° | 1,505 m | 13.6 mi |
| Epaulet Peak | WNW 300° | 1,455 m | 7.4 mi |
| Epaulet Peak | WNW 300° | 1,452.7 m | 7.4 mi |
| Ibex Peak | S 187° | 1,447 m | 2.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:28 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 15:56 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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