Upper Warm Spring
Upper Warm Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 559 m. Waucoba Mountain stands 3,392 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Palm Spring, a spring 2.0 miles away. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Palm Spring: 2.0 mi
- Lower Warm Springs: 2.7 mi
- Badwater Springs: 9.4 mi
- Badwater Springs: 9.4 mi
- Badwater Springs: 9.4 mi
- Black Top: 6.8 mi
- Saline Peak: 8.3 mi
- Dry Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Ubehebe Peak: 12.9 mi
- The Grandstand: 13.5 mi
- Administration Circle Garden: 23.8 mi
- Barracks Garden: 24.1 mi
- Bk 9 Mess Hall Garden: 24.1 mi
- Barracks Garden: 24.1 mi
- Bk 22 Mess Hall Garden: 24.2 mi
- Headframe: 19.4 mi
- Old dump truck bed: 19.4 mi
- Owens Lake-Silver Lead Furnace Historical Marker: 23.2 mi
- Camouflage Net Factory: 24.0 mi
- Mount Whitney Pack Trains: 24.3 mi
- Wizard Pool: 2.1 mi
- Volcano Pool: 2.1 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 2.7 mi
- Bat Pool: 2.7 mi
- Crystal Pool: 2.7 mi
- Marble Bath: 11.1 mi
- Teakettle Junction: 11.9 mi
- Cerro Gordo Ghost Town: 20.6 mi
- Sherwood Forest Tree: 23.6 mi
- Owen's Lake - Plaza: 23.9 mi
- Cerro Gordo Mines: 20.6 mi
- Cerro Gordo,California, United States: 20.6 mi
- San Carlos: 21.6 mi
- Bend City: 21.7 mi
- Swansea: 23.2 mi
- Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center: 23.8 mi
- Southern Inyo Museum: 23.9 mi
- Museum of Western Film History: 24.0 mi
- Bat Pole: 4.9 mi
- Paiute Mural: 24.3 mi
- Spainhower Park: 23.8 mi
- Merritt Park: 24.3 mi
- Little Hebe Crater: 19.8 mi
- Conglomerate Double Arch: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Upper Warm Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waucoba Mountain | NW 311° | 3,392 m | 19.8 mi |
| Keynot Peak | SW 235° | 3,382 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Inyo | WSW 244° | 3,339 m | 15.3 mi |
| New York Butte | SW 220° | 3,248 m | 16.7 mi |
| Wünüpü Peak | NW 315° | 3,151 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mazourka Peak | WNW 295° | 2,863 m | 23.5 mi |
| Cerro Gordo Peak | S 188° | 2,793 m | 20.5 mi |
| Tin Mountain | ENE 76° | 2,721 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:36 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 15:58 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 54 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 26 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).
- Yerba Mansa6 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear5 obs
- arrowweed5 obs
- California fan palm4 obs
- Desert Holly4 obs
- Schott's Pygmycedar4 obs
- Cottontop Cactus4 obs
- Devil's Spineflower3 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/3151700047
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