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Lemonade Spring

Lemonade Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Lemonade Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,128 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Perry, a peak 1.7 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 4.7 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.29451, -116.70934

Overlooks nearby

92 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 38
Peaks: 33
Attractions: 5
  • Death Valley Natural Bridge: 3.2 mi
  • Badwater Basin: 5.5 mi
  • Mushroom Rock: 10.2 mi
  • Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 14.2 mi
  • Devils Hole: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Historic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Dry fall: 2.9 mi
  • Dry fall: 3.1 mi
Museums: 2
Parks: 2
  • Date Grove: 14.4 mi
  • Amargosa Valley Park: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Date Grove Picnic Area: 14.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telescope PeakWSW 248°3,369 m22.9 mi
Rogers PeakWSW 256°3,045 m21.6 mi
Bennett PeakWSW 254°3,027 m22.2 mi
Sentinel PeakWSW 236°2,936.4 m24.7 mi
Wildrose PeakW 267°2,763 m20.6 mi
Bald PeakW 271°2,367 m21.3 mi
Pyramid PeakNE 39°2,043.1 m8.6 mi
Schwaub PeakNNE 14°1,959 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:59
June solstice05:3019:3020:08
September equinox06:3618:1118:45
December solstice06:5515:5616:36

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, 15 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).

  • Golden Suncup16 obs
  • Cottontop Cactus15 obs
  • desert fivespot13 obs
  • Caltha-leaf Phacelia10 obs
  • Common Chuckwalla8 obs
  • golden desert-snapdragon8 obs
  • gravel ghost7 obs
  • Notch-leaf Scorpionweed7 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/12714920001

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