Desert Garden
Desert Garden is a garden in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 588 m. Blue Mountain stands 1,686 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Warm Spring, a spring 3.2 miles away. Joshua Forest Scenic Road passes 0.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Joshua Forest Scenic Road
- 55.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Greenwood Peak: 3.7 mi
- Burro Peak: 6.4 mi
- Red Knob: 6.6 mi
- Arrastra Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Warm Spring: 3.2 mi
- Kaiser Spring: 4.4 mi
- Colorado Spring: 5.4 mi
- Black Canyon Spring: 5.5 mi
- Poachie Spring: 7.3 mi
- Burro Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Butcher Corral Point: 16.3 mi
- Aquarius Cliffs: 17.3 mi
- Long Point: 19.9 mi
- Wilder Point: 20.6 mi
- Signal: 11.2 mi
- Alamo Crossing: 20.5 mi
- Snoopy Rocket: 15.7 mi
- Venice Mcguffie Cabin: 23.4 mi
- Alamo Wildlife Area: 19.1 mi
- Alamo Lake State Park: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Desert Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,686 m | 20.8 mi |
| Elephant Mountain | NNE 13° | 1,600 m | 9.0 mi |
| Grey Mountain | N 8° | 1,586 m | 12.5 mi |
| Aubrey Peak | WNW 299° | 1,540 m | 18.1 mi |
| Negro Ed | NE 36° | 1,517 m | 9.6 mi |
| Neale Mesa | N 355° | 1,516 m | 9.8 mi |
| Bozarth Mesa | NE 49° | 1,483 m | 20.3 mi |
| Arrastra Mountain | SSE 154° | 1,468 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:38 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:13 | 19:50 |
| September equinox | 06:23 | 17:59 | 18:32 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:49 | 17:28 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 52 | 58 | 64 | 72 | 81 | 88 | 87 | 80 | 69 | 57 | 49 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wikieup, 15 mi away.
- saguaro89 obs
- Creosote Bush38 obs
- Buckhorn Cholla32 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard28 obs
- California Barrel Cactus23 obs
- little-leaved palo verde23 obs
- ocotillo13 obs
- Canaigre Dock13 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12535099562
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