Rock Garden
Rock Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 925 m. Clark Mountain stands 2,417 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Nipton Historical Plaque, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
99 named places within 25 miles
- Crescent Spring: 5.2 mi
- Bullion Spring: 5.7 mi
- Juniper Spring: 7.7 mi
- Dove Spring: 8.3 mi
- Burro Springs: 8.8 mi
- Crescent Peak: 8.1 mi
- Castle Peaks: 9.2 mi
- McCullough Mountain: 10.8 mi
- Mineral Hill: 11.7 mi
- Kokoweef Peak: 12.9 mi
- Nipton Historical Plaque: 0.0 mi
- Cattle pen/natural spring: 14.9 mi
- Cattle pen/ natural spring: 15.0 mi
- Mining Town Of Hart: 15.4 mi
- Mojave Memorial Cross: 18.9 mi
- Nipton: 0.1 mi
- Lucy Grey Mine: 6.0 mi
- Ivanpah Lake: 9.3 mi
- Desperado: 12.1 mi
- GoJump Skydiving Las Vegas: 21.4 mi
- Vanderbilt: 9.7 mi
- Hart: 15.5 mi
- Ivanpah: 15.8 mi
- Borax: 17.5 mi
- Cima: 20.4 mi
- Highland Range Crucial Bighorn Habitat Area: 19.9 mi
- Searchlight Town Park: 20.0 mi
- Valley Wells Rest Area: 24.2 mi
- Valley Wells Rest Area: 24.2 mi
- Clark Mountain Natural Arch: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rock Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Mountain | WNW 283° | 2,417 m | 18.3 mi |
| New York Two Mountain | S 189° | 2,296 m | 14.5 mi |
| New York Mountain | S 189° | 2,275 m | 14.4 mi |
| McCullough Mountain | NNE 29° | 2,125 m | 10.8 mi |
| Drum Peak | S 190° | 2,123 m | 16.5 mi |
| Kessler Peak | SW 234° | 1,879 m | 17.9 mi |
| Pinto Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,873 m | 20.6 mi |
| Kokoweef Peak | WSW 256° | 1,843 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 15:53 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 54 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Searchlight, 20 mi away.
- Silver Cholla9 obs
- Creosote Bush9 obs
- Branched Pencil Cholla6 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear5 obs
- Mojave Yucca5 obs
- Western Glossy Snake5 obs
- Eastern Joshua tree4 obs
- Sidewinder3 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.
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