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Salsberry Spring

Salsberry Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Salsberry Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,005 m. Funeral Peak stands 1,946 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheephead Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.93127, -116.41808

78 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 27
Springs: 24
Historic sites: 11
Attractions: 5
  • Death Valley National Park Signage: 5.6 mi
  • Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 8.5 mi
  • Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 11.3 mi
  • China Ranch Date Farm: 15.4 mi
  • Ibex Dunes: 16.6 mi
Parks: 5
  • Shoshone Park: 8.8 mi
  • Tecopa Park & Campground: 11.1 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 20.1 mi
  • Veteran's Hill Swingset: 20.1 mi
  • Salt Creek Hills ACEC: 22.7 mi
Museums: 2
Hot springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Salt Creek Riparian Area: 22.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Funeral PeakNW 316°1,945.8 m16.5 mi
Nopah PeakENE 72°1,943 m19.6 mi
Smith MountainWNW 292°1,744 m16.3 mi
Smith MountainWNW 289°1,641 m14.0 mi
Shadow MountainNNE 21°1,543 m24.6 mi
Brown PeakN 8°1,505 m12.9 mi
Epaulet PeakWNW 296°1,455 m6.6 mi
Epaulet PeakWNW 296°1,452.7 m6.6 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 Woodyaster29 obs
  • Frémont's Phacelia21 obs
  • Death Valley Phacelia20 obs
  • apricot globemallow19 obs
  • Desert Chicory11 obs
  • snake's-head10 obs
  • desert fivespot10 obs
  • Beautiful Woolly Sunflower9 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/11445769494

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