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Emigrant Spring

Emigrant Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Emigrant Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,174 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Emigrant Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.43439, -117.19533

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
Historic sites: 13
Attractions: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Telephone Arch: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Parks: 1
  • Date Grove: 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Date Grove Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Darwin community garden: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telescope PeakSSE 162°3,369 m19.2 mi
Rogers PeakSSE 158°3,045 m16.1 mi
Bennett PeakSSE 160°3,027 m16.7 mi
Sentinel PeakSSE 164°2,936.4 m24.2 mi
Wildrose PeakSSE 149°2,763 m12.7 mi
Bald PeakSSE 148°2,367 m10.8 mi
Pinto PeakSSW 207°2,288 m3.9 mi
Leaning RockNNW 328°2,237.8 m24.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:01
June solstice05:3219:3220:11
September equinox06:3718:1318:47
December solstice06:5815:5816:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F54606876869610210092776252
Precip in0.20.60.20.10.10.00.20.10.00.10.10.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stovepipe Wells 1 SW, 12 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).

  • Beavertail Pricklypear20 obs
  • desert milkweed17 obs
  • Desert Paintbrush17 obs
  • Acton Brittlebush11 obs
  • apricot globemallow10 obs
  • showy gilia10 obs
  • Desert Trumpet9 obs
  • Mojave Woodyaster8 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/632012320

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