Burro Spring
Burro Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,244 m. Tin Mountain stands 2,721 m to the north, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Rest Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 20.9 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes · 23 mi
- Devil's Corn Field · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rest Spring: 1.0 mi
- Quartz Spring: 2.5 mi
- Mesquite Spring: 12.9 mi
- Goldbelt Spring: 13.4 mi
- Spanish Spring: 14.5 mi
- White Top Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Leaning Rock: 4.0 mi
- Lost Burro Peak: 5.3 mi
- Tin Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Leaning: 8.9 mi
- Wizard Pool: 17.5 mi
- Volcano Pool: 17.5 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 17.8 mi
- Bat Pool: 17.8 mi
- Crystal Pool: 17.8 mi
- Teakettle Junction: 5.4 mi
- Marble Bath: 16.0 mi
- Mesquite Dunes: 20.9 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 21.2 mi
- Little Hebe Crater: 14.8 mi
- Scotty's Castle: 17.8 mi
- Bat Pole: 19.5 mi
- Leadfield: 22.1 mi
- Grapevine Canyon Pass: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Burro Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tin Mountain | N 358° | 2,721 m | 6.7 mi |
| Grapevine Peak | NE 54° | 2,663.3 m | 20.6 mi |
| Dry Mountain | NW 315° | 2,645 m | 11.5 mi |
| Wahguyhe Peak | ENE 62° | 2,629.8 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mount Palmer | ENE 65° | 2,409 m | 19.4 mi |
| Marble Peak | NNW 336° | 2,304 m | 17.7 mi |
| White Top Mountain | ESE 108° | 2,284 m | 2.3 mi |
| Leaning Rock | SSE 161° | 2,237.8 m | 4.0 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 | 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, 21 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).
- Plains Pricklypear5 obs
- Green Ephedra3 obs
- Western Joshua Tree2 obs
- Panamint Rattlesnake1 obs
- Western Fence Lizard1 obs
- California Buckwheat1 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear1 obs
- singleleaf pinyon1 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/1450158318
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