Greenwater Spring
Greenwater Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,568 m. Pyramid Peak stands 2,043 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenwater, a ghost town 2.0 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Zabriskie Point · 21 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 26 mi
70 named places within 25 miles
- Funeral Peak: 3.3 mi
- Coffin Peak: 6.3 mi
- Dante's View: 7.7 mi
- Smith Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Mount Perry: 10.1 mi
- Willow Spring: 7.9 mi
- Lemonade Spring: 11.0 mi
- Timpapah Spring: 12.3 mi
- Scottys Spring: 12.5 mi
- Miller Spring: 12.8 mi
- Badwater Basin: 9.7 mi
- Death Valley Natural Bridge: 12.1 mi
- Death Valley National Park Signage: 19.8 mi
- Mushroom Rock: 20.6 mi
- Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 23.1 mi
- Ashford Mill: 16.4 mi
- Warm Spring Camp: 21.3 mi
- Confidence Mills Ruins: 21.8 mi
- Mission Ruins: 24.2 mi
- Dry fall: 12.1 mi
- Dry fall: 12.2 mi
- Greenwater: 2.0 mi
- Travertine Point: 15.3 mi
- Shoshone Park: 23.2 mi
- Shoshone Museum: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Greenwater Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Peak | N 2° | 2,043.1 m | 16.6 mi |
| Schwaub Peak | N 356° | 1,959 m | 22.4 mi |
| Funeral Peak | S 180° | 1,945.8 m | 3.3 mi |
| Smith Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,744 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Perry | NNW 327° | 1,742 m | 10.1 mi |
| Dante's View | NW 313° | 1,739 m | 7.7 mi |
| Coffin Peak | NW 314° | 1,675 m | 6.3 mi |
| Gold Hill | WSW 244° | 1,662 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:56 | 16:36 |
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 | 55 | 61 | 70 | 78 | 88 | 98 | 104 | 102 | 93 | 79 | 64 | 53 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Death Valley NP, 25 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).
- Short-eared Owl1 obs
- Common Chuckwalla1 obs
- Bighorn Sheep1 obs
- Desert Holly1 obs
- desert thorn-apple1 obs
- Beautiful Woolly Sunflower1 obs
- Cushion Cryptantha1 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/1145792419
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