Smith Mountain
Smith Mountain rises to 1,744 m in California. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Spring, a spring 2.2 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
The story
Smith Mountain, 5,915 feet (1,803 m), is a peak in the Black Mountains of the Amargosa Range in Death Valley National Park in California. It is named after Francis Marion "Borax" Smith, of the local Pacific Coast Borax Company enterprise.
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Wikidata Q7545233, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1744 m
How to reach it
- 23.0 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Zabriskie Point · 29 mi
82 named places within 25 miles
- Willow Spring: 2.2 mi
- Scottys Spring: 4.0 mi
- Timpapah Spring: 4.2 mi
- Virgin Spring: 7.3 mi
- Greenwater Spring: 9.9 mi
- Smith Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Desert Hound Peak: 5.4 mi
- Ashford Peak: 5.6 mi
- Cinder Hill: 6.0 mi
- Funeral Peak: 6.9 mi
- Ashford Mill: 6.9 mi
- Warm Spring Camp: 14.0 mi
- Confidence Mills Ruins: 14.2 mi
- Lost Cabin: 19.6 mi
- Stone Corral: 22.8 mi
- Badwater Basin: 15.3 mi
- Death Valley Natural Bridge: 18.9 mi
- Death Valley National Park Signage: 19.8 mi
- Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 23.4 mi
- Greenwater: 11.9 mi
- Panamint City: 23.7 mi
- Dry fall: 19.0 mi
- Dry fall: 19.0 mi
- Shoshone Park: 23.6 mi
- Shoshone Museum: 23.6 mi
- Travertine Point: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Smith Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | WNW 295° | 3,369 m | 24.7 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | WNW 284° | 2,936.4 m | 22.4 mi |
| Porter Peak | W 276° | 2,774 m | 20.6 mi |
| Porter Peak | W 276° | 2,756 m | 20.6 mi |
| Slims Peak | W 270° | 2,154 m | 24.7 mi |
| Funeral Peak | NNE 32° | 1,945.8 m | 6.9 mi |
| Needle Peak | WSW 244° | 1,749 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Perry | N 354° | 1,742 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:29 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 15:57 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
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 249593 — Smith Mountain, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358792748
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