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Hart from directly overhead

Hart is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,393 m. New York Two Mountain stands 2,296 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mining Town Of Hart, a historic site 0.7 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

human settlement in Mojave National Preserve, California, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates35.28889, -115.10333

113 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 55
  • Quail Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Coats Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Malpais Springs: 5.8 mi
  • Malpais Springs: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 35
  • Hart Peak: 4.0 mi
  • Castle Peaks: 6.4 mi
  • Lanfair Buttes: 9.9 mi
  • Grotto Hills: 10.9 mi
  • New York Two Mountain: 11.9 mi
Historic sites: 11
  • Mining Town Of Hart: 0.7 mi
  • Nevada Southern Railway: 11.4 mi
  • Cal - Nev - Ari: 12.6 mi
  • Fort Piute: 13.7 mi
  • Piute Corral: 13.8 mi
Attractions: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Golgotha: 23.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hart. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
New York Two MountainW 260°2,296 m11.9 mi
New York MountainW 261°2,275 m12.0 mi
McCullough MountainN 349°2,125 m22.1 mi
Drum PeakWSW 252°2,123 m12.9 mi
Table TopSW 230°1,884 m19.4 mi
Kessler PeakW 274°1,879 m24.1 mi
Pinto MountainWSW 244°1,873 m16.9 mi
Kokoweef PeakWNW 292°1,843 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:52
June solstice05:2719:2119:59
September equinox06:2918:0518:39
December solstice06:4615:5316:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464854616979858477665445
Precip in1.21.50.70.40.10.00.80.80.50.50.30.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Searchlight, 16 mi away.

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