Post Office Spring
Post Office Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 325 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Ballarat, a ghost town 0.4 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 27 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 21.4 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Turnout · 22 mi
- Turnout · 22 mi
- Turnout · 22 mi
- Padre Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Warm Sulphur Springs: 5.4 mi
- Colter Spring: 5.6 mi
- Warm Sulphur Springs: 5.7 mi
- Limekiln Spring: 6.4 mi
- Limekiln Spring: 6.5 mi
- Slims Peak: 5.4 mi
- Sentinel Peak: 9.0 mi
- Porter Peak: 9.4 mi
- Porter Peak: 9.4 mi
- Manly Peak: 10.6 mi
- Panamint City: 3.3 mi
- Clair Camp: 5.1 mi
- Chris Wicht Camp: 5.6 mi
- World Beater Cabin: 6.0 mi
- Stone Corral: 7.1 mi
- Ballarat: 0.4 mi
- Panamint City: 8.9 mi
- Valley Wells: 15.9 mi
- Chinook helicopter: 21.6 mi
- F-14 Tomcat airplane: 21.6 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Old Guest House Museum: 21.3 mi
- Trona Highway Rest Stop: 21.4 mi
- Searles Lake Borax Discovery: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Post Office Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | NE 40° | 3,369 m | 11.6 mi |
| Rogers Peak | NNE 32° | 3,045 m | 14.4 mi |
| Bennett Peak | NNE 33° | 3,027 m | 13.6 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | ENE 65° | 2,936.4 m | 9.0 mi |
| Porter Peak | E 86° | 2,774 m | 9.4 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | NNE 26° | 2,763 m | 18.1 mi |
| Porter Peak | E 87° | 2,756 m | 9.4 mi |
| Maturango Peak | WNW 290° | 2,670 m | 16.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:32 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 15:59 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 75 | 84 | 91 | 90 | 83 | 70 | 57 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Trona, 21 mi away.
- Donkey23 obs
- Iodinebush6 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard4 obs
- Creosote Bush4 obs
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak3 obs
- Golden Suncup3 obs
- Mesquite Mistletoe3 obs
- House Sparrow2 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/631999564
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 29 mi
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