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Hanaupah Spring

Hanaupah Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Hanaupah Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,224 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the west-southwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Spring, a spring 3.3 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.18644, -117.03066

Overlooks nearby

132 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 58
Peaks: 32
Historic sites: 24
  • Chris Wicht Camp: 9.6 mi
  • 77: 10.2 mi
  • Stone Corral: 11.2 mi
  • Tank: 11.2 mi
  • World Beater Cabin: 11.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Badwater Basin: 14.9 mi
  • Death Valley Natural Bridge: 16.3 mi
  • Mushroom Rock: 17.0 mi
  • Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Dry fall: 16.3 mi
  • Dry fall: 16.5 mi
Museums: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Parks: 1
  • Date Grove: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Date Grove Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Telephone Arch: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telescope PeakWSW 251°3,369 m3.5 mi
Rogers PeakNW 305°3,045 m3.8 mi
Bennett PeakWNW 293°3,027 m3.7 mi
Sentinel PeakSSW 203°2,936.4 m6.7 mi
Porter PeakS 189°2,774 m9.5 mi
Wildrose PeakNNW 336°2,763 m6.7 mi
Porter PeakS 188°2,756 m9.6 mi
Bald PeakNNW 337°2,367 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2619:00
June solstice05:3219:3120:09
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, 21 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).

  • Panamint Daisy5 obs
  • Cottontop Cactus4 obs
  • Panamint Rattlesnake3 obs
  • Wedgeleaf Goldenbush3 obs
  • coyote melon3 obs
  • Heermann's buckwheat3 obs
  • Hoary Wild Buckwheat3 obs
  • panamint mariposa lily3 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/1145792587

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