Tin Mountain
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Tin Mountain rises to 2,721 m in California. Grapevine Peak stands 2,663 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Burro Spring, a spring 6.7 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Tin Mountain is an 8,953-foot (2,729 m) summit in the Panamint Range in northern Death Valley National Park, California, located north of Teakettle Junction.
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Wikidata Q48774810, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,721 m
How to reach it
- 25.8 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes · 27 mi
- Devil's Corn Field · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- White Top Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Dry Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Little Hebe Crater: 8.1 mi
- Ubehebe Crater: 8.5 mi
- Leaning Rock: 10.6 mi
- Burro Spring: 6.7 mi
- Mesquite Spring: 7.2 mi
- Quartz Spring: 7.7 mi
- Rest Spring: 7.7 mi
- Grapevine Springs: 9.8 mi
- Wizard Pool: 17.9 mi
- Volcano Pool: 17.9 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 18.4 mi
- Bat Pool: 18.4 mi
- Crystal Pool: 18.4 mi
- Teakettle Junction: 10.0 mi
- Marble Bath: 11.5 mi
- Mesquite Dunes: 24.8 mi
- Little Hebe Crater: 8.1 mi
- Scotty's Castle: 11.9 mi
- Grapevine Canyon Pass: 19.1 mi
- Bat Pole: 20.5 mi
- Leadfield: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tin Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grapevine Peak | ENE 72° | 2,663 m | 17.8 mi |
| Dry Mountain | W 281° | 2,645 m | 8.0 mi |
| Wahguyhe Peak | E 79° | 2,630 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Palmer | E 85° | 2,409 m | 17.9 mi |
| Marble Peak | NW 324° | 2,304 m | 11.8 mi |
| White Top Mountain | SSE 162° | 2,284 m | 7.7 mi |
| Leaning Rock | S 172° | 2,238 m | 10.6 mi |
| Hunter Mountain | S 184° | 2,234 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:35 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 15:57 | 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, 26 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 236377 — Tin Mountain, Inyo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358777364
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