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Winters Peak

Winters Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Winters Peak rises to 1,534 m in California. Wildrose Peak stands 2,763 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Nevares Peak, a peak 2.8 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1534.1 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.51783, -116.75475

100 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 33
Peaks: 31
Historic sites: 9
Attractions: 8
  • Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 7.7 mi
  • Mushroom Rock: 10.5 mi
  • Salt Creek: 14.3 mi
  • Death Valley Natural Bridge: 16.1 mi
  • Badwater Basin: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Museums: 2
Parks: 2
  • Date Grove: 7.5 mi
  • Amargosa Valley Park: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Dry fall: 16.0 mi
  • Dry fall: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Date Grove Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Amargosa Valley Rest Area: 21.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Telephone Arch: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Winters Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wildrose PeakSW 227°2,763 m24.6 mi
Bald PeakSW 232°2,367 m24.0 mi
Tucki MountainW 267°2,050.1 m20.9 mi
Pyramid PeakSE 138°2,043.1 m11.8 mi
Schwaub PeakESE 118°1,959 m6.4 mi
Bare MountainN 11°1,925.4 m22.9 mi
Aguereberry PointSW 236°1,921 m19.7 mi
Bare Mountain PeakN 6°1,838 m24.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:59
June solstice05:3019:3120:09
September equinox06:3618:1118:45
December solstice06:5615:5616:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F55617078889810410293796453
Precip in0.40.50.20.10.00.10.10.10.20.10.10.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Death Valley NP, 7 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

OpenStreetMap element node/358796344

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