Peakbagging Death Valley High Points

I have no real goal around peak bagging in Death Valley, but something fun just happened, and so now I'm keeping a list. Maybe someday it will become the basis for more.

While @mrs.turbodb and I were enjoying our first Fall 2025 trip to Death Valley, I shared with her that we'd be climbing Funeral Peak on the last day of our adventure. Keen to see what Digonnet had to say about the hike, she pulled up Hiking Death Valley on her Kindle and was surprised to find that the hike wasn't listed at all. However, it did mention (highlight mine):

Home to world-famous Zabriskie Point and spectacular Dante's View, the Black Mountains border the dramatic southern basins of Death Valley, from Furnace Creek Wash to the Amargosa River delta. They are the second lowest in the park - their highest summit, Funeral Peak, is only 6,384 feet high.Hiking Death Valley

This got the wheels turning in my head and after the smoke cleared, I realized that we might be on to something. Back in 2021, we'd ventured into the Owlshead Mountains and summited the Lowest Peak in the Park, before returning only a couple weeks later with a fun idea to reach the top of the Panamints, and the Highest Peak in the Park. Since then, I hadn't really given much thought to high points of the park's ranges, but on hearing that a spot we were planning to go was a third high point, I figured I had better make a list.

So, here are the "top 15" ranges in the park, and their associated high points. Interestingly, this list is different than whatever Digonnet used, since the Black Mountains are not "second lowest," but since I have no real way to contact Michel in order to check what he considered a Mountain Range, I'll be going with this list for now.

Rank	Range	Summit / Elevation / Coordinates	Trip Report / Story
1	Panamint Range	Telescope Peak — 11,049 ft36.1706°N, 117.0890°W	Highest Peak in the Park / Part 3
2	Inyo Mountains	Keynot Peak — 11,001 ft36.8000°N, 117.9500°W
3	Cottonwood Mountains	Tin Mountain — 8,953 ft37.0333°N, 117.2333°W
4	Grapevine Mountains	Grapevine Peak — 8,738 ft37.0000°N, 117.0000°W
5	Last Chance Range	Dry Mountain — 8,674 ft37.1333°N, 117.6333°W
6	Argus Range	Argus Peak — 8,453 ft35.8000°N, 117.6333°W
7	Nelson Range	Nelson Mountain — 7,696 ft36.6000°N, 117.6000°W
8	Kingston Range	Kingston Peak — 7,323 ft35.6000°N, 115.9500°W
9	Funeral Mountains	Pyramid Peak — 6,703 ft36.5000°N, 116.9000°W
10	Saline Range	Saline Peak — 6,558 ft36.8000°N, 117.6000°W
11	Black Mountains	Funeral Peak — 6,384 ft36.2833°N, 116.7333°W	Back to the Blacks / Part 3
12	Slate Range	Slate Range High Point — 5,194 ft35.8000°N, 117.5500°W
13	Greenwater Range	Greenwater High Point — 3,707 ft36.3000°N, 116.6000°W
14	Eureka Hills	Eureka Dunes Highpoint — 3,540 ft37.1000°N, 117.6667°W	In Search of Overlooks / Part 1
15	Owlshead Mountains	Owl Peak — 2,336 ft35.8000°N, 116.3000°W	Lowest Peak in the Park / Part 2

In No Particular Order

In Search of Overlooks - A Fall Trip to Western Death Valley [P1]

In Search of Overlooks | A Fall Trip to Western Death Valley #1

Lowest Peak in the Park | Owlsheads #2

Highest Peak in the Park | Panamints 3