Mars Hill is a physical feature (summit) in Inyo County. The primary coordinates for Mars Hill places it within the CA 92328 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Mars Hill |
Category: | California physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Summit |
Description: | Located in Death Valley Natioanl Park, just west of the main road, 8.5 km (5.3 mi) south of Furnace Creek Ranch, opposite exit to Artists Drive. (US-T121) |
History: | The purpose of this proposal was to recognize the unusual similarity of the feature to the surface of Mars, and to commemorate the May 1992 testing of the Russian Marsokhod Rover on this site in preparation for the 1997 Mars landing.Remnant of a basaltic lava flow on the valley floor. (US-T121) |
County: | Inyo County |
Latitude: | 36.38225 |
Longitude: | -116.8528393 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mars Hill: Mars Hill.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Mars Hill does not include property ownership information.
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