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Tuber Spring

Tuber Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Tuber Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,336 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the south-southeast, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Hummingbird Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.21334, -117.10569

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks: 33
Historic sites: 25
  • 77: 5.7 mi
  • Chris Wicht Camp: 8.0 mi
  • Tank: 8.3 mi
  • Stone Corral: 12.4 mi
  • Clair Camp: 12.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 4
  • Mushroom Rock: 18.5 mi
  • Badwater Basin: 18.9 mi
  • Death Valley Natural Bridge: 19.6 mi
  • Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Museums: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Telephone Arch: 19.3 mi
Parks: 1
  • Date Grove: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Date Grove Picnic Area: 21.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telescope PeakSSE 163°3,369 m3.1 mi
Rogers PeakENE 74°3,045 m1.2 mi
Bennett PeakESE 119°3,027 m0.9 mi
Sentinel PeakS 169°2,936.4 m8.2 mi
Porter PeakSSE 166°2,774 m11.6 mi
Wildrose PeakNNE 19°2,763 m4.6 mi
Porter PeakSSE 166°2,756 m11.7 mi
Maturango PeakWSW 254°2,670 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:01
June solstice05:3219:3220:10
September equinox06:3718:1318:47
December solstice06:5715:5816:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F55617078889810410293796453
Precip in0.40.50.20.10.00.10.10.10.20.10.10.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Death Valley NP, 22 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).

  • limber pine40 obs
  • Plains Pricklypear33 obs
  • fernbush25 obs
  • sulfur buckwheat18 obs
  • singleleaf pinyon17 obs
  • Green Ephedra16 obs
  • cold desert phlox15 obs
  • fragrant evening primrose14 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/9288692711

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