Mud Spring
Mud Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,240 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildrose Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 6.9 miles off. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Turnout · 7 mi
- Turnout · 7 mi
- Turnout · 8 mi
- Padre Point · 19 mi
132 named places within 25 miles
- Wildrose Spring: 0.9 mi
- Hummingbird Spring: 7.1 mi
- Tuber Spring: 7.5 mi
- Willow Spring: 8.6 mi
- Birch Spring: 8.6 mi
- Bald Peak: 7.3 mi
- Pinto Peak: 7.6 mi
- Wildrose Peak: 7.7 mi
- Rogers Peak: 8.3 mi
- Bennett Peak: 8.4 mi
- 77: 1.9 mi
- Tank: 6.9 mi
- aka Greene-Denner-Drake Mill: 8.8 mi
- Vehicle: 9.7 mi
- Vehicle: 9.7 mi
- Skidoo: 11.8 mi
- Panamint City: 12.8 mi
- Ballarat: 15.6 mi
- Darwin: 20.8 mi
- Harmony Borax Works: 23.8 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 19.8 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 19.8 mi
- Mushroom Rock: 21.8 mi
- Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 23.0 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 23.3 mi
- Madonna: 21.0 mi
- Egg: 21.0 mi
- Not A Through Street: 21.0 mi
- Borax Museum Exhibits: 23.2 mi
- Borax Museum: 23.3 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 14.3 mi
- Telephone Arch: 14.4 mi
- Darwin Falls: 17.4 mi
- Darwin community garden: 20.8 mi
- Date Grove: 23.2 mi
- Date Grove Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mud Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | SE 135° | 3,369 m | 10.2 mi |
| Rogers Peak | ESE 118° | 3,045 m | 8.3 mi |
| Bennett Peak | ESE 123° | 3,027 m | 8.4 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | SSE 147° | 2,936.4 m | 14.5 mi |
| Porter Peak | SSE 150° | 2,774 m | 17.9 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | E 89° | 2,763 m | 7.7 mi |
| Porter Peak | SSE 150° | 2,756 m | 18.0 mi |
| Maturango Peak | SW 236° | 2,670 m | 18.8 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 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 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, 23 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).
- Donkey44 obs
- Pagoda Buckwheat29 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear20 obs
- Frémont's Phacelia20 obs
- Caltha-leaf Phacelia19 obs
- Desert Prince's Plume16 obs
- gravel ghost15 obs
- Whitemargin Sandmat15 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/12714892487
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 14 mi
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