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Telescope Peak, California
Prominence: 6168 ft, 1880 m
Elevation: 11,048 feet, 3367 meters
True Isolation: 57.19 mi, 92.04 km
Elevation Info:
NAVD88 Elevation
: 11,052 ft / 3368 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
36° 10' 12'' N, 117° 5' 21'' W
36.169996, -117.089189 (Dec Deg)
491979 E 4002807 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
California
County/Second Level Region
Inyo
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Telescope Peak at SummitPost.org
Telescope Peak at ListsOfJohn.com
Weather for Telescope Peak at Mountain-Forecast.com
Telescope Peak at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)
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Lists that contain Telescope Peak:
Ultras of the Contiguous United States
(Rank #22)
USA Lower 48 Peaks with 5000 feet of Prominence
(Rank #22)
USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence
(Rank #22)
USA Peaks with 6000 feet of Prominence
(Rank #55)
Top 10 Prominence Grid for U.S. States
(Rank #35)
USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence
(Rank #22)
California Peaks with 25 Miles of Isolation
(Rank #11)
Desert Peaks Section Emblem Peaks
(Rank #3)
Las Vegas Mountaineers Classics
(Rank #30)
Most Prominent Peaks of US National Parks
(Rank #13)
U.S. National Park High Points
(Rank #13)
Non-Sierra California 10,000-foot Peaks
(Rank #24)
USA Lower 48 Top 400 Peaks by Prominence
(Rank #22)
Western States Climbers Star Peaks
(Rank #82)
California Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence
(Rank #7)
USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points
(Rank #115)
Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section
(Rank #16)
Western USA Peaks with 25 miles of Isolation
(Rank #65)
Comprehensive Combo Angeles Chapter List
(Rank #220)
Western States Climbers List
(Rank #167)
Bartell's Death Valley National Park List
(Rank #1)
(Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.)
Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:
Desert Summits (Zdon)
Ascent Info
Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
734
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 689)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
1946-06-02 by Frederick Johnson
1998-09-10 by Richard Carey
2011-10-01 by Sean Rowe (GPS Track)
2012-01-07 by Peter James (GPS Track)
2012-05-28 by Miriam Khamis (GPS Track)
2014-04-05 by Rich Stephens
2014-06-22 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track)
2014-10-11 by Miriam Khamis
2014-10-11 by Marit Chrislock-Lauterbach
2015-08-01 by Ray Thompson
2016-08-24 by Gretchen Nelson
2016-10-04 by Eric Schafer (GPS Track)
2016-10-08 by Andrew Kirmse
2016-10-09 by Jason Park (GPS Track)
2016-11-19 by Patrick Bergeron (GPS Track)
2017-05-28 by robert kunc (GPS Track)
2017-06-03 by Stacey Kassan (GPS Track)
2017-07-05 by Mitch Mitchell (GPS Track)
2017-11-24 by Michael Sullivan (GPS Track)
2017-11-24 by Sergey Lazutin (GPS Track)
2017-12-24 by Zack Lewis (GPS Track)
2017-12-24 by Max Shayer (GPS Track)
2018-03-10 by Marcus Lostracco (GPS Track)
2018-04-28 by Ray Thompson
2018-05-27 by Mark Arildsen (GPS Track)
2018-06-06 by Jon Avery (GPS Track)
2018-10-31 by Dustin Wittmier (GPS Track)
2018-11-11 by William Chen (GPS Track)
2019-06-16 by Ryan Turner (GPS Track)
2019-06-18 by Jerry Thomas (GPS Track)
2019-11-15 by David Sharg (GPS Track)
2020-07-24 by Andrew Mack
2020-08-13 by Jim Wick (GPS Track)
2020-08-30 by Rob Hernquist
2020-10-17 by Garret Stoops (GPS Track)
2020-11-04 by Matt Varney (GPS Track)
2020-11-07 by Robert Luher (GPS Track)
2020-11-14 by Thomas Brennan (GPS Track)
2021-02-25 by Rafee Memon (GPS Track)
Nearby Peak Searches:
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Elevation Ladder from Telescope Peak
Prominence Ladder from Telescope Peak
Sunrise on Telescope Peak (2014-04-01). Photo by
Josh Lingbloom
.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 6168 ft/1880 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 6208 ft/1892 m
Line Parent
:
Keynot Peak
Key Col
: 4880 ft/1487 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 57.19 mi/92.04 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 36.274089, -118.104842
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Ed Lane Point
(W)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Intermountain West
Range3:
Great Basin Ranges
Range4:
West Great Basin Ranges
Range5:
Panamint Range (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins
Death Valley
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage
Panamint Valley
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership
Land: Death Valley National Park (Highest Point)
Wilderness/Special Area: Death Valley Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map
Telescope Peak O36117b1 1:24,000
Data Source
1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map
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Other Photos
Sitting atop Telescope Peak, June, 2007 (2007-06-16). Photo by
Larry Edmonds
.
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View at the Death Valley, 2 vertical miles below from the summit ridge of Telescope Peak (2015-07-31). Photo by
Serguei Okountsev
.
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An ancient Bristle Cone pine and the lowest point in North America, Badwater. (282 feet below sea level) (2016-05-13). Photo by
Gerry Pennington
.
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A view of Badwater (-282 ft.) from Telescope Peak summit (11,043) Gerry Pennington Spring Creek, Nevada (2016-05-13). Photo by
Gerry Pennington
.
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Telescope Peak, CA from Wildrose Peak, CA (2013-06-30). Photo by
Jerry Beals
.
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We made it to the top. Hooray! (2016-08-24). Photo by
Gretchen Nelson
.
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Great weather & super views (2016-08-24). Photo by
Gretchen Nelson
.
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Benchmark I don't know why some marks have elevation & name of peak & some do not (2016-08-24). Photo by
Gretchen Nelson
.
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Map of road closure to Telescope & Wildrose in Death Valley Photo by
Gretchen Nelson
.
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Thought this was cool. (2016-11-09). Photo by
Larry Orabuena
.
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