Skip to content

Montgomery Spring

Montgomery Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Montgomery Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,076 m. Funeral Peak stands 1,946 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Salsberry Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.94761, -116.44896

79 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 29
Springs: 23
Historic sites: 11
Attractions: 5
  • Death Valley National Park Signage: 6.6 mi
  • Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 9.9 mi
  • Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 13.3 mi
  • China Ranch Date Farm: 17.5 mi
  • Ibex Dunes: 18.0 mi
Parks: 5
  • Shoshone Park: 10.2 mi
  • Tecopa Park & Campground: 13.2 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 22.0 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 22.0 mi
  • Salt Creek Hills ACEC: 24.4 mi
Museums: 2
Hot springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Salt Creek Riparian Area: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Funeral PeakNW 318°1,945.8 m14.5 mi
Nopah PeakENE 77°1,943 m21.0 mi
Smith MountainWNW 290°1,744 m14.3 mi
Dante's ViewNW 321°1,739 m24.7 mi
Coffin PeakNW 322°1,675 m23.4 mi
Smith MountainWNW 286°1,641 m12.0 mi
Shadow MountainNNE 26°1,543 m24.3 mi
Brown PeakNNE 17°1,505 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:58
June solstice05:3019:2820:06
September equinox06:3418:1018:44
December solstice06:5315:5616:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

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).

  • Mojave Woodyaster11 obs
  • Frémont's Phacelia10 obs
  • apricot globemallow9 obs
  • Bigelow's monkeyflower6 obs
  • Desert Paintbrush5 obs
  • Beautiful Woolly Sunflower4 obs
  • Redstem Stork's-bill3 obs
  • Little Gold Poppy3 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/11445769495

More springs in California

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Montgomery Spring.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens