Timpapah Spring
Timpapah Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 849 m. Porter Peak stands 2,774 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Scottys Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 25.8 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
71 named places within 25 miles
- Desert Hound Peak: 1.2 mi
- Ashford Peak: 1.7 mi
- Smith Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Smith Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Cinder Hill: 5.9 mi
- Scottys Spring: 0.6 mi
- Virgin Spring: 3.2 mi
- Willow Spring: 6.0 mi
- Rhodes Spring: 6.9 mi
- Montgomery Spring: 10.7 mi
- Death Valley National Park Signage: 16.8 mi
- Badwater Basin: 19.1 mi
- Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 20.4 mi
- Death Valley Natural Bridge: 22.7 mi
- Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 23.9 mi
- Ashford Mill: 4.5 mi
- Confidence Mills Ruins: 10.1 mi
- Lost Cabin: 15.4 mi
- Warm Spring Camp: 16.4 mi
- Shoshone Park: 20.6 mi
- Tecopa Park & Campground: 23.7 mi
- Dry fall: 22.7 mi
- Dry fall: 22.7 mi
- Greenwater: 14.3 mi
- Shoshone Museum: 20.6 mi
- Tecopa Natural Hot Springs: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Timpapah Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Peak | WNW 283° | 2,774 m | 24.0 mi |
| Porter Peak | WNW 283° | 2,756 m | 23.9 mi |
| Funeral Peak | N 5° | 1,945.8 m | 9.0 mi |
| Needle Peak | WSW 255° | 1,749 m | 22.6 mi |
| Smith Mountain | NW 317° | 1,744 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Perry | NNW 347° | 1,742 m | 21.3 mi |
| Dante's View | NNW 344° | 1,739 m | 18.1 mi |
| Coffin Peak | NNW 347° | 1,675 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:29 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:11 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 15:57 | 16:37 |
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).
- littleseed muhly3 obs
- golden desert-snapdragon2 obs
- coyote melon2 obs
- Red Brome2 obs
- Pagoda Buckwheat2 obs
- Schott's Pygmycedar2 obs
- Thickleaf Groundcherry2 obs
- Turkey Vulture1 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/11380837096
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