Zinc Hill
Zinc Hill rises to 1,682 m in California. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Osborn Cabin, a historic site 2.0 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 2.9 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Summit in the Argus Range Wilderness.
Wikidata Q49091467, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,682 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Padre Point · 5 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 5 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Miller's Spring: 2.3 mi
- China Garden Spring: 2.4 mi
- Jack Gunn Spring: 4.2 mi
- French Madam Spring: 4.3 mi
- Thompson Spring: 5.0 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Ash Hill: 5.1 mi
- Ophir Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Lake Hill: 8.0 mi
- Maltese Peak: 11.2 mi
- Osborn Cabin: 2.0 mi
- Viking/Talc Queen Camp: 12.6 mi
- The Joshua Tree album location: 14.1 mi
- Abandoned Old Vehicles: 15.6 mi
- Kopper Cabin: 17.4 mi
- Darwin: 5.7 mi
- Coso: 11.7 mi
- Skidoo: 21.6 mi
- Ballarat: 22.9 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 23.6 mi
- Egg: 5.9 mi
- Madonna: 5.9 mi
- Not A Through Street: 5.9 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 7.7 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 7.8 mi
- Cerro Gordo Ghost Town: 23.6 mi
- Conglomerate Double Arch: 20.8 mi
- Telephone Arch: 21.0 mi
- Darwin Falls: 2.3 mi
- Darwin community garden: 5.6 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 23.2 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Zinc Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | ESE 111° | 3,369 m | 24.3 mi |
| Rogers Peak | ESE 103° | 3,045 m | 23.5 mi |
| Bennett Peak | ESE 105° | 3,027 m | 23.3 mi |
| Cerro Gordo Peak | NW 316° | 2,793 m | 23.2 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | E 93° | 2,763 m | 23.3 mi |
| Maturango Peak | S 180° | 2,670 m | 12.1 mi |
| Parkinson Peak | S 178° | 2,662 m | 13.4 mi |
| Parrot Point | S 177° | 2,540 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:33 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 15:59 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Haiwee, 28 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358794985
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 25 mi
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