Seventeenmile Point
Seventeenmile Point is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 709 m. Kessler Peak stands 1,879 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Spring, a spring 4.4 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 36 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 709 m
How to reach it
- 36.1 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
76 named places within 25 miles
- Little Cowhole Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Cowhole Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Old Dad Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Campbell Hill: 8.2 mi
- Hanks Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Indian Spring: 4.4 mi
- Cane Spring: 5.6 mi
- Henry Spring: 7.2 mi
- Granite Spring: 8.4 mi
- Mesquite Spring: 10.2 mi
- Abandoned Restaurant: 11.0 mi
- Abandoned gas station: 11.0 mi
- Mojave phone booth: 12.8 mi
- Francis Marion Borax Smith: 15.7 mi
- Rasor Ranch: 15.8 mi
- Silver Lake: 16.6 mi
- Crucero: 19.2 mi
- Kelso: 19.4 mi
- Cima: 22.3 mi
- World's Tallest Thermometer: 10.8 mi
- Travelers Monument: 12.7 mi
- Valley Wells Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Valley Wells Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- Aikens Arch: 8.4 mi
- Chet Hoffman Park: 10.4 mi
- Kelso Depot: 19.4 mi
- Mojave National Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Mojave Megaphone: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Seventeenmile Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kessler Peak | ENE 71° | 1,879 m | 21.7 mi |
| Striped Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,812 m | 23.9 mi |
| Teutonia Peak | ENE 72° | 1,752 m | 19.5 mi |
| Cima Dome | ENE 73° | 1,751 m | 18.2 mi |
| Wildcat Butte | E 83° | 1,582 m | 17.5 mi |
| Club Peak | NE 47° | 1,508 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bull Spring Mountain | N 5° | 1,487 m | 17.8 mi |
| Kelso Peak | SE 128° | 1,447 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 15:57 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 78 | 88 | 94 | 92 | 84 | 71 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baker, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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