Telephone Spring
Telephone Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 868 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Telephone Arch, a natural arch 0.2 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Turnout · 10 mi
- Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes · 10 mi
- Turnout · 11 mi
- Devil's Corn Field · 12 mi
119 named places within 25 miles
- Emigrant Spring: 3.2 mi
- Jayhawker Spring: 3.4 mi
- Upper Emigrant Spring: 3.8 mi
- Greer Spring: 5.1 mi
- Burro Spring: 5.2 mi
- Tucki Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Pinto Peak: 6.8 mi
- Panamint Butte: 9.3 mi
- Cottonwood: 10.5 mi
- Aguereberry Point: 11.8 mi
- Journigan’s Mill: 4.7 mi
- Vehicle: 4.8 mi
- Vehicle: 4.8 mi
- Vehicle: 4.8 mi
- Vehicle: 4.8 mi
- Burnt Wagons: 9.2 mi
- Mesquite Dunes: 13.0 mi
- Salt Creek: 13.6 mi
- Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 18.3 mi
- Mushroom Rock: 20.3 mi
- Skidoo: 4.1 mi
- Harmony Borax Works: 18.0 mi
- Chloride City: 23.5 mi
- Borax Museum Exhibits: 18.4 mi
- Borax Museum: 18.4 mi
- Telephone Arch: 0.2 mi
- Death Valley National Park: 3.3 mi
- Date Grove: 18.3 mi
- Date Grove Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Darwin Falls: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Telephone Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telescope Peak | SSE 164° | 3,369 m | 22.3 mi |
| Rogers Peak | SSE 161° | 3,045 m | 19.2 mi |
| Bennett Peak | SSE 163° | 3,027 m | 19.8 mi |
| Wildrose Peak | SSE 155° | 2,763 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bald Peak | SSE 155° | 2,367 m | 13.7 mi |
| Pinto Peak | SSW 194° | 2,288 m | 6.8 mi |
| White Top Mountain | NNW 330° | 2,284 m | 23.9 mi |
| Leaning Rock | NW 324° | 2,237.8 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 15:58 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 54 | 60 | 68 | 76 | 86 | 96 | 102 | 100 | 92 | 77 | 62 | 52 |
| Precip in | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stovepipe Wells 1 SW, 9 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).
- Beavertail Pricklypear27 obs
- Silver Cholla14 obs
- Notch-leaf Scorpionweed11 obs
- Cottontop Cactus11 obs
- Desert Holly8 obs
- Acton Brittlebush7 obs
- Creosote Bush7 obs
- soft prairie clover7 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/9288816017
Day trips start here
- Death Valley National Park · 6 mi
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