Telescope Peak

noun

1. a mountain in SE California: highest peak in the Panamint Range, above Death Valley. 11,049 feet (3,368 meters).

Example Sentences

One 2022 study found that thousands of the trees have died at Telescope Peak, the highest point in Death Valley, since 2013.

From Los Angeles Times

Spreading ethereally over the lowest region in North America, the floodwaters reflect mountains that rise around it, including snow-capped Telescope Peak to the west.

From Los Angeles Times

The park’s pine population is located on Telescope Peak, which received an estimated 5 to 10 inches of rain during the storm.

From Los Angeles Times

Since 2013, drought and bark beetles have killed thousands of bristlecone pines — considered the oldest trees on Earth — at Telescope Peak in Death Valley National Park.

From Los Angeles Times

In Death Valley, one of the places feeling the change most acutely is Telescope Peak, the highest point in the park that is home to its population of ancient bristlecone pine trees.

From Los Angeles Times