Virgin Spring
Virgin Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 736 m. Funeral Peak stands 1,946 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Desert Hound Peak, a peak 2.1 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 27.1 mi off the Death Valley Scenic Byway, National
69 named places within 25 miles
- Timpapah Spring: 3.2 mi
- Rhodes Spring: 3.7 mi
- Scottys Spring: 3.7 mi
- Montgomery Spring: 7.6 mi
- Willow Spring: 8.8 mi
- Desert Hound Peak: 2.1 mi
- Ashford Peak: 2.9 mi
- Epaulet Peak: 3.7 mi
- Epaulet Peak: 3.7 mi
- Jubilee Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Death Valley National Park Signage: 13.9 mi
- Dublin Gulch Cave Homes: 17.5 mi
- Tecopa Hot Springs Resort Yaga Labyrinth: 20.6 mi
- Ibex Dunes: 21.6 mi
- Badwater Basin: 21.6 mi
- Ashford Mill: 6.0 mi
- Confidence Mills Ruins: 8.0 mi
- Lost Cabin: 12.5 mi
- Warm Spring Camp: 19.4 mi
- Shoshone Park: 17.7 mi
- Tecopa Park & Campground: 20.5 mi
- Shoshone Museum: 17.7 mi
- A Modest Musieum: 24.3 mi
- Greenwater: 15.7 mi
- Tecopa Natural Hot Springs: 20.2 mi
- The Palisades: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Virgin Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funeral Peak | NNW 348° | 1,945.8 m | 10.6 mi |
| Smith Mountain | NW 308° | 1,744 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Perry | NNW 341° | 1,742 m | 23.4 mi |
| Dante's View | NNW 338° | 1,739 m | 20.4 mi |
| Coffin Peak | NNW 340° | 1,675 m | 19.2 mi |
| Gold Hill | W 281° | 1,662 m | 22.1 mi |
| Smith Mountain | NW 307° | 1,641 m | 4.9 mi |
| Brown Peak | NE 45° | 1,505 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 18:58 |
| 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).
- Schott's Pygmycedar5 obs
- golden desert-snapdragon4 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard3 obs
- Netvein Goldeneye3 obs
- desert tobacco3 obs
- Cottontop Cactus3 obs
- Brittlebush2 obs
- Little Gold Poppy2 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/11284388527
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