Big Dodd Spring
Big Dodd Spring is a spring in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,197 m. Keynot Peak stands 3,382 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Dodd Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1197 m
How to reach it
- 14.2 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Padre Point · 16 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point · 16 mi
- Father Crowley Vista Point- Rainbow Canyon · 16 mi
- Turnout · 21 mi
106 named places within 25 miles
- Little Dodd Spring: 0.5 mi
- Spanish Spring: 3.4 mi
- Quail Springs: 3.4 mi
- Lee Pump: 3.5 mi
- Quail Springs: 3.8 mi
- Hunter Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Ubehebe Peak: 7.3 mi
- The Grandstand: 7.4 mi
- Harris Hill: 7.7 mi
- Lost Burro Peak: 10.7 mi
- Cerro Gordo: 17.7 mi
- Viking/Talc Queen Camp: 17.9 mi
- Keeler Ruins: 18.0 mi
- Owens Lake-Silver Lead Furnace Historical Marker: 18.9 mi
- The Joshua Tree album location: 20.0 mi
- Children's Tub: 18.8 mi
- Crystal Pool: 18.8 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 18.8 mi
- Bat Pool: 18.8 mi
- Wizard Pool: 19.0 mi
- Teakettle Junction: 12.2 mi
- Cerro Gordo Ghost Town: 12.7 mi
- Owen's Lake - Plaza: 19.8 mi
- Boulder Creek: 23.1 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 23.7 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 12.7 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 12.7 mi
- Keeler: 18.0 mi
- Swansea: 18.8 mi
- Darwin: 21.9 mi
- Bat Pole: 18.7 mi
- Egg: 22.1 mi
- Not A Through Street: 22.1 mi
- Madonna: 22.2 mi
- Conglomerate Double Arch: 11.0 mi
- Telephone Arch: 22.0 mi
- Darwin Falls: 18.5 mi
- Darwin community garden: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Dodd Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keynot Peak | WNW 291° | 3,382 m | 23.2 mi |
| New York Butte | WNW 282° | 3,248 m | 20.4 mi |
| Cerro Gordo Peak | WSW 255° | 2,793 m | 12.3 mi |
| Tin Mountain | NNE 17° | 2,721 m | 21.8 mi |
| Dry Mountain | N 357° | 2,645 m | 22.4 mi |
| Malpais Mesa | SW 223° | 2,357 m | 13.7 mi |
| Conglomerate Mesa | WSW 243° | 2,332 m | 11.2 mi |
| Pinto Peak | SE 126° | 2,288 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:34 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 15:59 | 16:39 |
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, 24 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).
- Desert Paintbrush8 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard3 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear3 obs
- desert milkweed3 obs
- desert dandelion3 obs
- Frémont's Phacelia3 obs
- Parry's lip fern3 obs
- Common Chuckwalla2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/8495729699
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 28 mi
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