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Ibex Spring

Ibex Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Ibex Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 345 m. Nopah Peak stands 1,943 m to the northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Lost Cabin, a historic site 3.5 miles away. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.77232, -116.41096

82 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 31
Peaks: 25
Historic sites: 11
Attractions: 5
  • Ibex Dunes: 5.9 mi
  • Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 12.0 mi
  • China Ranch Date Farm: 12.2 mi
  • Death Valley National Park Signage: 15.0 mi
  • Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 15.8 mi
Parks: 5
  • Tecopa Park & Campground: 12.1 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 12.3 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 12.3 mi
  • Salt Creek Hills ACEC: 12.9 mi
  • Shoshone Park: 16.1 mi
Museums: 2
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Salt Creek Riparian Area: 12.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Nopah PeakNE 47°1,943 m24.9 mi
Avawatz MountainsSSE 166°1,876 m18.5 mi
Smith MountainNW 318°1,744 m23.0 mi
Smith MountainNW 319°1,641 m20.6 mi
Brown PeakN 3°1,505 m23.8 mi
Epaulet PeakNNW 335°1,455 m15.2 mi
Epaulet PeakNNW 335°1,452.7 m15.2 mi
Ibex PeakN 357°1,447 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:58
June solstice05:3119:2820:06
September equinox06:3418:1018:44
December solstice06:5315:5716:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

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).

  • desert fivespot4 obs
  • golden desert-snapdragon3 obs
  • Death Valley Sage3 obs
  • Little Gold Poppy2 obs
  • Desert Trumpet2 obs
  • soft prairie clover2 obs
  • narrowleaf suncup2 obs
  • reflexed blazingstar2 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/647079657

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