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Telescope Peak

3,366 m11,043 ft

Prominence: 1,894 m6,213 ft
Isolation: 92 km
Tonight: 31°FFair · Wind 7–30 mph NNE

Telescope Peak is a 3,366 m (11,043 ft) mountain in the Panamint Range, California, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 3,366 m · 11,043 ft
Nearest higher peak: Olancha Peak (3,698 m)
Range: Panamint Range
Region: California, United States
Protected area: Death Valley National Park
Coordinates: 36.1699° N, 117.0892° W

Open the 3D view

3D map

Telescope Peak 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 11.6 × 11.6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Telescope Peak terrain and contours

100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Telescope Peak elevation profile

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Telescope Peak weather

Tonight · Fair · 31°F (-1°C) · 11% chance of precipitation · Wind 7–30 mph NNE

Telescope Peak forecast for the summit, about 3,011 m.

Tonight31°11%7–30 mph NNE
Sat31°39°1%6–31 mph NE
Sun33°41°–2–8 mph WSW
Mon33°41°–3–7 mph SW
Tue33°41°–6 mph SW
Wed33°41°–2–6 mph SSW
Thu32°39°3%6 mph SSW

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:33 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 11.6 × 11.6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly steep: more than half the view is steeper than 30°, the angle of most avalanche terrain.

Gentle, 0–15°

5.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

29.2%

Steep, 30–45°

58.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

7.0%

Steeper than 30°: 65.7% of the 135 km² view
Relief in view: 2,211 m low point 1,155 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 40.8%Shrubland 33.0%Bare rock / sparse 15.8%Grassland 10.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5.8 km; 231 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Great Basin bristlecone pine91
Limber pine52
Plains Pricklypear51
Fernbush39
Sulfur buckwheat27
Bigelow's monkeyflower24

Where it sits

Where Telescope Peak sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Saline Valley91 km NW

Telescope Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGTelescope Peak satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-04.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Free to use with credit: see the data sources

Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,365 m at the summit; the official height is 3,366 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,366 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	3,367 m	+1 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	3,365 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-30	3,358 m	-8 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,349 m	-17 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-04)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia