Jayhawker Spring
Jayhawker Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,247 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Emigrant Spring, a spring 1.5 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Turnout · 6 mi
- Turnout · 7 mi
- Turnout · 9 mi
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes · 13 mi
120 named places within 25 miles
- Emigrant Spring: 1.5 mi
- Upper Emigrant Spring: 1.7 mi
- Greer Spring: 2.5 mi
- Canyon Spring: 2.7 mi
- Burro Spring: 2.7 mi
- Pinto Peak: 3.6 mi
- Tucki Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Panamint Butte: 7.4 mi
- Lake Hill: 10.7 mi
- Aguereberry Point: 11.1 mi
- Journigan’s Mill: 2.7 mi
- Vehicle: 2.7 mi
- Vehicle: 2.8 mi
- Vehicle: 2.8 mi
- Vehicle: 2.8 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 12.5 mi
- Mesquite Dunes: 16.4 mi
- Salt Creek: 16.6 mi
- Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 19.6 mi
- Mushroom Rock: 20.8 mi
- Skidoo: 4.1 mi
- Harmony Borax Works: 19.6 mi
- Panamint City: 23.0 mi
- Darwin: 23.6 mi
- Egg: 23.8 mi
- Not A Through Street: 23.8 mi
- Madonna: 23.8 mi
- Borax Museum Exhibits: 19.8 mi
- Borax Museum: 19.8 mi
- Telephone Arch: 3.5 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 5.2 mi
- Darwin Falls: 18.6 mi
- Date Grove: 19.7 mi
- Date Grove Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Darwin community garden: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jayhawker Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | SSE 158° | 3,369 m | 19.8 mi |
| Rogers Peak | SSE 153° | 3,045 m | 16.9 mi |
| Bennett Peak | SSE 155° | 3,027 m | 17.4 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | SSE 161° | 2,936.4 m | 24.8 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | SE 144° | 2,763 m | 13.6 mi |
| Bald Peak | SE 142° | 2,367 m | 11.8 mi |
| Pinto Peak | S 184° | 2,288 m | 3.6 mi |
| Leaning Rock | NNW 331° | 2,237.8 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 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 | 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, 12 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).
- Beavertail Pricklypear25 obs
- Mojave Woodyaster20 obs
- apricot globemallow17 obs
- Cottontop Cactus17 obs
- Creosote Bush16 obs
- Desert Trumpet13 obs
- Golden Suncup13 obs
- Notch-leaf Scorpionweed12 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/12714920006
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 7 mi
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