White Top Mountain
White Top Mountain rises to 2,284 m in California. Tin Mountain stands 2,721 m to the north-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Rest Spring, a spring 2.1 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Summit in Death Valley National Park.
Wikidata Q49089557, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,284 m
How to reach it
- 18.9 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes · 20 mi
- Devil's Corn Field · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Leaning Rock: 3.2 mi
- Lost Burro Peak: 6.6 mi
- Leaning: 6.6 mi
- Tin Mountain: 7.7 mi
- The Grandstand: 10.4 mi
- Rest Spring: 2.1 mi
- Burro Spring: 2.3 mi
- Quartz Spring: 4.5 mi
- Goldbelt Spring: 12.8 mi
- Mesquite Spring: 12.9 mi
- Wizard Pool: 19.7 mi
- Volcano Pool: 19.7 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 20.0 mi
- Bat Pool: 20.0 mi
- Crystal Pool: 20.0 mi
- Teakettle Junction: 7.3 mi
- Marble Bath: 18.0 mi
- Mesquite Dunes: 18.7 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 19.0 mi
- Little Hebe Crater: 15.6 mi
- Scotty's Castle: 17.9 mi
- Leadfield: 20.1 mi
- Bat Pole: 21.6 mi
- Telephone Arch: 23.8 mi
- Grapevine Canyon Pass: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of White Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tin Mountain | NNW 342° | 2,721 m | 7.7 mi |
| Grapevine Peak | NE 49° | 2,663 m | 19.4 mi |
| Dry Mountain | NW 311° | 2,645 m | 13.5 mi |
| Wahguyhe Peak | ENE 57° | 2,630 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mount Palmer | ENE 60° | 2,409 m | 17.8 mi |
| Marble Peak | NNW 331° | 2,304 m | 19.3 mi |
| Leaning Rock | SSW 196° | 2,238 m | 3.2 mi |
| Hunter Mountain | SSW 194° | 2,234 m | 17.3 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 | 19:34 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 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, 19 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/358778813
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 29 mi
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