Sourdough Spring
Sourdough Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 937 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Barker Ranch, a historic site 0.5 miles away. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Jubilee Spring: 3.6 mi
- Greater View Spring: 3.9 mi
- Willow Spring: 4.2 mi
- Quail Spring: 4.2 mi
- Anvil Spring: 4.5 mi
- Manly Peak: 4.0 mi
- Needle Peak: 4.4 mi
- Striped Butte: 6.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 9.6 mi
- Slims Peak: 11.1 mi
- Barker Ranch: 0.5 mi
- Myers Ranch: 0.9 mi
- Newman's Cabin: 1.6 mi
- Russel Cabin: 3.8 mi
- Mengel Cabin: 4.0 mi
- Valley Wells: 13.2 mi
- Ballarat: 14.8 mi
- Panamint City: 17.9 mi
- Baker Ranch: 10.7 mi
- Trona Pinnacles: 22.7 mi
- Old Guest House Museum: 17.1 mi
- Trona Highway Rest Stop: 17.1 mi
- Searles Lake Borax Discovery: 17.2 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sourdough Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | N 1° | 3,369 m | 21.5 mi |
| Rogers Peak | N 2° | 3,045 m | 24.8 mi |
| Bennett Peak | N 1° | 3,027 m | 24.0 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | N 4° | 2,936.4 m | 16.4 mi |
| Porter Peak | N 10° | 2,774 m | 13.4 mi |
| Porter Peak | N 10° | 2,756 m | 13.3 mi |
| Slims Peak | N 350° | 2,154 m | 11.1 mi |
| Manly Peak | NNW 345° | 2,133 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:31 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 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, 18 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).
- Common Side-blotched Lizard3 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
- Costa's Hummingbird1 obs
- Bighorn Sheep1 obs
- apricot globemallow1 obs
- Chia1 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear1 obs
- desert dandelion1 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/628201097
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