McDonald Spring
McDonald Spring is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,710 m. Tin Mountain stands 2,721 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cave Rock Spring, a spring 2.3 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Corn Field · 20 mi
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cave Rock Spring: 2.3 mi
- Alkali Spring: 3.2 mi
- Brier Spring: 4.1 mi
- Klare Spring: 6.0 mi
- Willow Spring: 6.9 mi
- Wahguyhe Peak: 5.4 mi
- Sharp Peak: 6.3 mi
- Mount Palmer: 6.4 mi
- Thimble Peak: 6.5 mi
- Bullfrog Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Leadfield: 4.6 mi
- Bullfrog: 10.2 mi
- Rhyolite: 10.4 mi
- Gold Center: 14.1 mi
- Pioneer: 14.7 mi
- Lady Desert: The Venus of Nevada: 10.3 mi
- Sit Here!: 10.4 mi
- The Last Supper: 10.4 mi
- Ghost Rider: 10.4 mi
- Rhyolite Ghost Town: 10.4 mi
- Mesquite Dunes: 17.9 mi
- Salt Creek: 21.6 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 21.8 mi
- Goldwell Open Air Museum: 10.4 mi
- Beatty Museum & Historical Society: 14.2 mi
- Scotty's Castle: 19.9 mi
- Rhyolite School Ruins: 10.4 mi
- Rhyolite Bottle House: 10.4 mi
- Rhyolite Ghost Casino: 10.4 mi
- Cottonwood Park: 14.4 mi
- Robert A. and Florence Revert Park: 14.5 mi
- Crescent Cliff: 19.2 mi
- Little Hebe Crater: 24.9 mi
- Grapevine Canyon Pass: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McDonald Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tin Mountain | W 267° | 2,721 m | 24.3 mi |
| Grapevine Peak | WNW 300° | 2,663.3 m | 8.4 mi |
| Wahguyhe Peak | WNW 297° | 2,629.8 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Palmer | W 271° | 2,409 m | 6.4 mi |
| White Top Mountain | WSW 249° | 2,284 m | 23.5 mi |
| Thimble Peak | S 191° | 1,936 m | 6.5 mi |
| Bare Mountain | ESE 103° | 1,925.4 m | 19.4 mi |
| Bare Mountain Peak | E 99° | 1,838 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 15:55 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 51 | 57 | 66 | 74 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beatty 8 N, 18 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).
- Striped Whipsnake1 obs
- Mule Deer1 obs
- Bighorn Sheep1 obs
- rabbitfoot grass1 obs
- Rubber Rabbitbrush1 obs
- Cheatgrass1 obs
- Red Brome1 obs
- Death Valley Sage1 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/8195544915
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