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Eagle Spring

Eagle Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Eagle Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,849 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the south, 0.8 miles off. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.18074, -117.08988

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks: 33
Historic sites: 25
  • Chris Wicht Camp: 6.7 mi
  • 77: 7.9 mi
  • Stone Corral: 10.1 mi
  • Clair Camp: 10.5 mi
  • World Beater Cabin: 10.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Badwater Basin: 18.3 mi
  • Mushroom Rock: 19.4 mi
  • Death Valley Natural Bridge: 19.4 mi
  • Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 22.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Dry fall: 19.5 mi
  • Dry fall: 19.7 mi
Museums: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Telephone Arch: 21.7 mi
Parks: 1
  • Date Grove: 22.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Date Grove Picnic Area: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telescope PeakS 177°3,369 m0.8 mi
Rogers PeakN 5°3,045 m2.6 mi
Bennett PeakN 356°3,027 m1.8 mi
Sentinel PeakS 173°2,936.4 m5.9 mi
Porter PeakSSE 168°2,774 m9.2 mi
Wildrose PeakN 5°2,763 m6.6 mi
Porter PeakSSE 168°2,756 m9.3 mi
Maturango PeakW 260°2,670 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:00
June solstice05:3219:3120:10
September equinox06:3718:1318:47
December solstice06:5615:5816:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 23 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).

  • Great Basin bristlecone pine86 obs
  • limber pine27 obs
  • Plains Pricklypear26 obs
  • Bigelow's monkeyflower18 obs
  • sulfur buckwheat16 obs
  • fernbush15 obs
  • Brewer's cliffbrake14 obs
  • mountain whitethorn12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9288692876

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