Malapi Spring
Malapi Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,535 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Greer Spring, a spring 0.3 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.8 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Turnout · 6 mi
- Turnout · 7 mi
- Turnout · 9 mi
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greer Spring: 0.3 mi
- Canyon Spring: 0.4 mi
- Willow Spring: 0.4 mi
- Burro Spring: 0.4 mi
- Burns Spring: 0.6 mi
- Pinto Peak: 2.1 mi
- Tucki Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Aguereberry Point: 8.8 mi
- Bald Peak: 9.1 mi
- Panamint Butte: 9.1 mi
- aka Greene-Denner-Drake Mill: 0.7 mi
- Vehicle: 1.1 mi
- Vehicle: 1.1 mi
- Vehicle: 1.1 mi
- Vehicle: 1.1 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 14.4 mi
- Salt Creek: 17.3 mi
- Mesquite Dunes: 18.2 mi
- Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 18.5 mi
- Mushroom Rock: 19.2 mi
- Skidoo: 3.6 mi
- Harmony Borax Works: 18.8 mi
- Panamint City: 20.4 mi
- Darwin: 23.9 mi
- Ballarat: 24.5 mi
- Egg: 24.0 mi
- Not A Through Street: 24.0 mi
- Madonna: 24.0 mi
- Borax Museum Exhibits: 18.7 mi
- Borax Museum: 18.7 mi
- Telephone Arch: 5.6 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 5.7 mi
- Date Grove: 18.7 mi
- Date Grove Picnic Area: 18.7 mi
- Darwin Falls: 19.1 mi
- Darwin community garden: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Malapi Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | SSE 160° | 3,369 m | 17.1 mi |
| Rogers Peak | SSE 154° | 3,045 m | 14.1 mi |
| Bennett Peak | SSE 157° | 3,027 m | 14.7 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | SSE 163° | 2,936.4 m | 22.1 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | SE 143° | 2,763 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bald Peak | SE 140° | 2,367 m | 9.1 mi |
| Pinto Peak | SW 234° | 2,288 m | 2.1 mi |
| Hunter Mountain | WNW 300° | 2,234 m | 18.7 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 | 19:32 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 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, 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).
- Desert Paintbrush21 obs
- desert milkweed12 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear11 obs
- Frémont's Phacelia8 obs
- apricot globemallow7 obs
- Desert Prince's Plume7 obs
- Turpentine Broom7 obs
- desert larkspur7 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/9288785281
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 7 mi
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