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Upper Emigrant Spring

Upper Emigrant Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Upper Emigrant Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,239 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Emigrant Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.42536, -117.19375

Overlooks nearby

119 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 59
Peaks: 27
Historic sites: 13
Attractions: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Artworks: 3
Museums: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Telephone Arch: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Parks: 1
  • Date Grove: 18.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Date Grove Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Darwin community garden: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telescope PeakSSE 162°3,369 m18.6 mi
Rogers PeakSSE 157°3,045 m15.5 mi
Bennett PeakSSE 159°3,027 m16.1 mi
Sentinel PeakSSE 164°2,936.4 m23.6 mi
Wildrose PeakSSE 148°2,763 m12.2 mi
Bald PeakSSE 146°2,367 m10.3 mi
Pinto PeakSSW 213°2,288 m3.4 mi
Hunter MountainWNW 295°2,234 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:01
June solstice05:3219:3220:11
September equinox06:3718:1318:47
December solstice06:5815:5816:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F54606876869610210092776252
Precip in0.20.60.20.10.10.00.20.10.00.10.10.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stovepipe Wells 1 SW, 13 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).

  • Desert Paintbrush21 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear20 obs
  • desert milkweed19 obs
  • Acton Brittlebush10 obs
  • showy gilia10 obs
  • apricot globemallow9 obs
  • Desert Prince's Plume9 obs
  • Notch-leaf Scorpionweed8 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/632012317

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