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Rhodes Spring

Rhodes Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Rhodes Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 583 m. Funeral Peak stands 1,946 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rhodes Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.93294, -116.52489

73 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
Attractions: 6
  • Death Valley National Park Signage: 10.9 mi
  • Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 14.3 mi
  • Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 17.0 mi
  • Ibex Dunes: 18.6 mi
  • China Ranch Date Farm: 20.6 mi
Historic sites: 5
Parks: 4
  • Shoshone Park: 14.5 mi
  • Tecopa Park & Campground: 16.9 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 24.1 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 24.1 mi
Museums: 2
Hot springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Funeral PeakNNW 335°1,945.8 m13.0 mi
Smith MountainWNW 303°1,744 m10.9 mi
Dante's ViewNNW 331°1,739 m23.2 mi
Coffin PeakNNW 333°1,675 m21.9 mi
Smith MountainWNW 301°1,641 m8.5 mi
Brown PeakNNE 32°1,505 m14.8 mi
Epaulet PeakN 1°1,455 m2.8 mi
Epaulet PeakN 1°1,452.7 m2.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:58
June solstice05:3119:2920:07
September equinox06:3518:1118:44
December solstice06:5415:5716:36

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).

  • Brittlebush37 obs
  • desert fivespot31 obs
  • Desert Holly30 obs
  • gravel ghost27 obs
  • Mojave Poppy21 obs
  • Little Gold Poppy20 obs
  • Bigelow's monkeyflower20 obs
  • Desert Chicory18 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/1145792150

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