Hole in the Rock Spring
Hole in the Rock Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 887 m. Grapevine Peak stands 2,663 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Corkscrew Peak, a peak 2.8 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 8.0 miles off. 124 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Corn Field · 11 mi
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes · 13 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Platform · 20 mi
- Zabriskie Point · 24 mi
124 named places within 25 miles
- Monarch Spring: 2.9 mi
- Daylight Spring: 3.5 mi
- Keane Spring: 3.6 mi
- Lostman Spring: 4.5 mi
- Willow Spring: 4.7 mi
- Corkscrew Peak: 2.8 mi
- Death Valley Buttes: 3.1 mi
- Chloride Cliff: 5.9 mi
- Thimble Peak: 6.2 mi
- Sharp Peak: 10.4 mi
- Chloride City: 5.4 mi
- Leadfield: 8.7 mi
- Bullfrog: 12.5 mi
- Rhyolite: 13.4 mi
- Gold Center: 14.0 mi
- Rhyolite Bottle House: 13.1 mi
- Rhyolite School Ruins: 13.2 mi
- Rhyolite Ghost Casino: 13.4 mi
- Harmony Borax Works: 18.9 mi
- Mission Ruins: 21.3 mi
- Mesquite Dunes: 10.1 mi
- Salt Creek: 10.6 mi
- Rhyolite Ghost Town: 13.2 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 13.7 mi
- Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 20.7 mi
- The Last Supper: 12.8 mi
- Lady Desert: The Venus of Nevada: 12.8 mi
- Ghost Rider: 12.9 mi
- Sit Here!: 12.9 mi
- Goldwell Open Air Museum: 12.9 mi
- Beatty Museum & Historical Society: 16.0 mi
- Borax Museum Exhibits: 20.6 mi
- Borax Museum: 20.6 mi
- Cottonwood Park: 16.1 mi
- Robert A. and Florence Revert Park: 16.1 mi
- Date Grove: 20.5 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 18.3 mi
- Date Grove Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 21.2 mi
- Telephone Arch: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hole in the Rock Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grapevine Peak | NNW 327° | 2,663.3 m | 18.3 mi |
| Wahguyhe Peak | NNW 331° | 2,629.8 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Palmer | NW 321° | 2,409 m | 14.5 mi |
| White Top Mountain | W 276° | 2,284 m | 24.8 mi |
| Tucki Mountain | SSW 208° | 2,050.1 m | 19.1 mi |
| Thimble Peak | NW 319° | 1,936 m | 6.2 mi |
| Bare Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,925.4 m | 17.6 mi |
| Bare Mountain Peak | ENE 59° | 1,838 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:32 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:12 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 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 | 54 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 86 | 96 | 102 | 100 | 92 | 77 | 62 | 52 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stovepipe Wells 1 SW, 14 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).
- gravel ghost58 obs
- Golden Suncup57 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear41 obs
- Creosote Bush38 obs
- Desert Trumpet26 obs
- Cottontop Cactus26 obs
- Netvein Goldeneye25 obs
- soft prairie clover25 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/1145598362
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 21 mi
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