Jail Spring
Jail Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,438 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the south-southeast, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Birch Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 15.6 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Turnout · 16 mi
- Turnout · 16 mi
- Turnout · 17 mi
- Zabriskie Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Birch Spring: 0.3 mi
- Eagle Spring: 0.9 mi
- Tuber Spring: 1.6 mi
- Hummingbird Spring: 2.1 mi
- Hanaupah Spring: 3.8 mi
- Bennett Peak: 1.1 mi
- Telescope Peak: 1.6 mi
- Rogers Peak: 1.9 mi
- Wildrose Peak: 5.9 mi
- Sentinel Peak: 6.7 mi
- Chris Wicht Camp: 7.0 mi
- 77: 7.0 mi
- Tank: 9.8 mi
- Stone Corral: 10.9 mi
- Clair Camp: 11.2 mi
- Panamint City: 5.1 mi
- Ballarat: 12.2 mi
- Skidoo: 17.1 mi
- Harmony Borax Works: 23.5 mi
- Badwater Basin: 18.6 mi
- Mushroom Rock: 19.2 mi
- Death Valley Natural Bridge: 19.6 mi
- Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 22.2 mi
- Dry fall: 19.7 mi
- Dry fall: 19.9 mi
- Borax Museum Exhibits: 22.4 mi
- Borax Museum: 22.4 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 19.4 mi
- Telephone Arch: 20.8 mi
- Date Grove: 22.4 mi
- Date Grove Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jail Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | SSE 163° | 3,369 m | 1.6 mi |
| Rogers Peak | NNE 20° | 3,045 m | 1.9 mi |
| Bennett Peak | NNE 17° | 3,027 m | 1.1 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | S 170° | 2,936.4 m | 6.7 mi |
| Porter Peak | SSE 167° | 2,774 m | 10.1 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | N 10° | 2,763 m | 5.9 mi |
| Porter Peak | SSE 167° | 2,756 m | 10.1 mi |
| Maturango Peak | WSW 258° | 2,670 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:32 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 15:58 | 16:38 |
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, 23 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).
- Great Basin bristlecone pine86 obs
- limber pine52 obs
- Plains Pricklypear44 obs
- fernbush31 obs
- sulfur buckwheat25 obs
- Bigelow's monkeyflower18 obs
- fragrant evening primrose16 obs
- Brewer's cliffbrake16 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/9342628046
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 18 mi
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