Miller Spring
Miller Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 995 m. Funeral Peak stands 1,946 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Montgomery Spring, a spring 6.1 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
68 named places within 25 miles
- Salsberry Peak: 6.2 mi
- Epaulet Peak: 6.2 mi
- Epaulet Peak: 6.2 mi
- Brown Peak: 6.4 mi
- Sheephead Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Montgomery Spring: 6.1 mi
- Salsberry Spring: 7.4 mi
- Rhodes Spring: 8.4 mi
- Sheephead Spring: 9.6 mi
- Virgin Spring: 9.7 mi
- Death Valley National Park Signage: 7.0 mi
- Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 10.4 mi
- Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 16.6 mi
- China Ranch Date Farm: 21.4 mi
- Badwater Basin: 22.5 mi
- Confidence Mills Ruins: 15.1 mi
- Ashford Mill: 15.6 mi
- Lost Cabin: 15.7 mi
- Migger Mesa: 24.0 mi
- noonday camp - camp millsite: 24.6 mi
- Shoshone Park: 10.5 mi
- Tecopa Park & Campground: 16.3 mi
- Shoshone Museum: 10.6 mi
- A Modest Musieum: 21.4 mi
- Dry fall: 24.8 mi
- Dry fall: 24.9 mi
- Greenwater: 13.8 mi
- Tecopa Natural Hot Springs: 15.7 mi
- The Palisades: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Miller Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral Peak | WNW 295° | 1,945.8 m | 11.1 mi |
| Nopah Peak | E 93° | 1,943 m | 20.1 mi |
| Smith Mountain | W 265° | 1,744 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Perry | NW 317° | 1,742 m | 22.7 mi |
| Dante's View | NW 310° | 1,739 m | 20.5 mi |
| Coffin Peak | NW 310° | 1,675 m | 19.1 mi |
| Smith Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,641 m | 12.1 mi |
| Shadow Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,543 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:29 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 15:56 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 85 | 83 | 75 | 63 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pahrump 4 NW, 27 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).
- spiny senna2 obs
- Mojave Desert Tortoise1 obs
- apricot globemallow1 obs
- Chia1 obs
- Wedgeleaf Goldenbush1 obs
- Cattle Saltbush1 obs
- Creosote Bush1 obs
- Netvein Goldeneye1 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/11278419419
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