Cottonwood Springs
Cottonwood Springs is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,104 m. Cerro Gordo Peak stands 2,793 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Panamint Butte, a peak 5.6 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Turnout · 12 mi
- Turnout · 12 mi
- Turnout · 12 mi
- Padre Point · 14 mi
99 named places within 25 miles
- Hunter Spring: 6.5 mi
- Goldbelt Spring: 7.0 mi
- Quail Springs: 7.7 mi
- Quail Springs: 7.9 mi
- Quail Springs: 8.1 mi
- Panamint Butte: 5.6 mi
- Harris Hill: 6.2 mi
- Hunter Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Cottonwood: 8.3 mi
- Lake Hill: 8.8 mi
- Journigan’s Mill: 12.9 mi
- Vehicle: 12.9 mi
- Vehicle: 13.0 mi
- Vehicle: 13.0 mi
- Vehicle: 13.0 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 14.5 mi
- Mesquite Dunes: 17.8 mi
- Teakettle Junction: 19.3 mi
- Salt Creek: 22.0 mi
- Cerro Gordo Ghost Town: 23.2 mi
- Skidoo: 13.9 mi
- Darwin: 20.6 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 23.2 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 23.2 mi
- Egg: 20.8 mi
- Not A Through Street: 20.8 mi
- Madonna: 20.9 mi
- Telephone Arch: 10.3 mi
- Conglomerate Double Arch: 20.7 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 13.6 mi
- Darwin Falls: 15.5 mi
- Darwin community garden: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cottonwood Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Gordo Peak | W 274° | 2,793 m | 22.7 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | SE 134° | 2,763 m | 23.4 mi |
| Bald Peak | SE 132° | 2,367 m | 21.6 mi |
| Malpais Mesa | WSW 256° | 2,357 m | 20.7 mi |
| Conglomerate Mesa | W 270° | 2,332 m | 20.7 mi |
| Pinto Peak | SE 136° | 2,288 m | 12.3 mi |
| White Top Mountain | N 354° | 2,284 m | 18.6 mi |
| Leaning Rock | N 350° | 2,237.8 m | 15.6 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 | 19:33 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 15:58 | 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, 14 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).
- Silver Cholla5 obs
- Domestic Horse4 obs
- White-crowned Sparrow3 obs
- Frémont Cottonwood3 obs
- Chia2 obs
- California Buckwheat2 obs
- Netvein Goldeneye2 obs
- Peach Thorn2 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/9495713039
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 17 mi
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