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Navel Spring

Navel Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Navel Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 670 m. Rogers Peak stands 3,045 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Travertine Point, a cliff 2.9 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.38089, -116.71563

86 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 35
Peaks: 27
Attractions: 6
  • Death Valley Natural Bridge: 7.2 mi
  • Mushroom Rock: 7.6 mi
  • Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 10.0 mi
  • Badwater Basin: 10.8 mi
  • Salt Creek: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Historic sites: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Dry fall: 7.0 mi
  • Dry fall: 7.1 mi
Museums: 2
Parks: 2
  • Date Grove: 10.1 mi
  • Amargosa Valley Park: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Date Grove Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rogers PeakWSW 241°3,045 m23.5 mi
Bennett PeakWSW 240°3,027 m24.2 mi
Wildrose PeakWSW 250°2,763 m21.5 mi
Bald PeakWSW 255°2,367 m21.6 mi
Tucki MountainWNW 290°2,050.1 m24.5 mi
Pyramid PeakE 82°2,043.1 m5.8 mi
Schwaub PeakNNE 28°1,959 m7.3 mi
Funeral PeakSSE 165°1,945.8 m19.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:59
June solstice05:3019:3020:09
September equinox06:3618:1118:45
December solstice06:5615:5616:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F55617078889810410293796453
Precip in0.40.50.20.10.00.10.10.10.20.10.10.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Death Valley NP, 10 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).

  • Golden Suncup61 obs
  • Creosote Bush39 obs
  • Desert Holly27 obs
  • golden desert-snapdragon26 obs
  • Notch-leaf Scorpionweed22 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear18 obs
  • Burrobush16 obs
  • Turtleback16 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/1145792042

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