Grubstake Spring
Grubstake Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,079 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Gold Hill, a peak 2.5 miles away. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Warm Spring: 3.0 mi
- Arrastre Spring: 3.6 mi
- Fivemile Spring: 4.2 mi
- Fivemile Spring: 4.2 mi
- Little Spring: 4.7 mi
- Gold Hill: 2.5 mi
- Striped Butte: 5.2 mi
- Porter Peak: 6.4 mi
- Porter Peak: 6.4 mi
- Needle Peak: 6.7 mi
- Warm Spring Camp: 3.0 mi
- Mengel Cabin: 7.1 mi
- Russel Cabin: 7.2 mi
- Stone Corral: 7.4 mi
- World Beater Cabin: 8.3 mi
- Panamint City: 11.5 mi
- Ballarat: 14.2 mi
- Valley Wells: 21.9 mi
- Greenwater: 24.9 mi
- Baker Ranch: 18.2 mi
- Badwater Basin: 21.3 mi
- Death Valley Natural Bridge: 24.6 mi
- Dry fall: 24.6 mi
- Dry fall: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Grubstake Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | NNW 337° | 3,369 m | 14.5 mi |
| Rogers Peak | NNW 341° | 3,045 m | 17.6 mi |
| Bennett Peak | NNW 340° | 3,027 m | 17.0 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | NNW 328° | 2,936.4 m | 9.8 mi |
| Porter Peak | NW 322° | 2,774 m | 6.4 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | NNW 346° | 2,763 m | 21.3 mi |
| Porter Peak | NW 322° | 2,756 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNW 345° | 2,367 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:31 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 15:58 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 75 | 84 | 91 | 90 | 83 | 70 | 57 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trona, 27 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).
- Cottontop Cactus7 obs
- Donkey3 obs
- Inflated Beetle2 obs
- Spearleaf Brickellbush2 obs
- threadstem gilia2 obs
- Desert Iguana1 obs
- Convergent Lady Beetle1 obs
- gravel ghost1 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/626127670
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