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Wildrose Spring

Wildrose Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Wildrose Spring is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,109 m. Telescope Peak stands 3,369 m to the southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 7.7 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.26173, -117.21259

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks: 33
Historic sites: 20
Attractions: 7
  • F-14 Tomcat airplane: 19.9 mi
  • Chinook helicopter: 19.9 mi
  • Mushroom Rock: 21.8 mi
  • Furnace Creek Ranch Stables: 23.3 mi
  • Burnt Wagons: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Artworks: 3
Museums: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Telephone Arch: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Darwin community garden: 21.1 mi
Parks: 1
  • Date Grove: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Date Grove Picnic Area: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Telescope PeakSE 133°3,369 m9.4 mi
Rogers PeakESE 113°3,045 m7.7 mi
Bennett PeakESE 119°3,027 m7.7 mi
Sentinel PeakSSE 147°2,936.4 m13.7 mi
Porter PeakSSE 149°2,774 m17.0 mi
Wildrose PeakE 83°2,763 m7.5 mi
Porter PeakSSE 149°2,756 m17.1 mi
Maturango PeakWSW 238°2,670 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:01
June solstice05:3219:3220:10
September equinox06:3818:1318:47
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, 24 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).

  • Donkey53 obs
  • Pagoda Buckwheat30 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear23 obs
  • Frémont's Phacelia23 obs
  • Caltha-leaf Phacelia19 obs
  • Desert Prince's Plume17 obs
  • gravel ghost15 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx15 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/8424828394

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