Desert View Tower
Desert View Tower is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 883 m. Monument Peak stands 1,904 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Springs Station, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
The story
observation tower in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q5264047, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
92 named places within 25 miles
- Table Mountain (Mat-Kusiyaay): 2.1 mi
- Mat Kwa'Kurr: 2.3 mi
- Blue Angels Peak: 2.6 mi
- Gray Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Cerro la Miel: 4.2 mi
- Mountain Spring: 1.1 mi
- Hayden Spring: 3.2 mi
- Dos Cabezas Spring: 4.6 mi
- Lone Tiger Spring: 4.8 mi
- Camp Sizzle Spring: 4.9 mi
- Mountain Springs Station: 0.0 mi
- Stage Station Historical Marker: 0.8 mi
- Passenger Cars: 5.5 mi
- wrecked train cars: 8.0 mi
- Imperial Highway Monument: 9.0 mi
- In-Ko-Pah County Park: 0.9 mi
- Mountain Springs County Park: 1.2 mi
- Jacumba Community Park: 5.8 mi
- Ocotillo Community Park: 7.7 mi
- John Estevane Park: 8.3 mi
- Coyote's Flying Saucer Retrieval and Repair Service: 0.2 mi
- Crucifixion thorn: 12.2 mi
- "Hollywood & Vine" Street Sign: 18.2 mi
- Imperial Valley Desert Museum: 7.7 mi
- Pacific Southwest Railway Museum: 21.7 mi
- Gaskill Brothers' Stone Store Museum: 22.1 mi
- Dry Falls: 5.3 mi
- Kitchen Creek Falls: 22.1 mi
- Yuha Geoglyph: 12.1 mi
- geoglyph: 12.3 mi
- Aztec Woods: 23.0 mi
- Agua Caliente County Park: 23.4 mi
- Desert View Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Desert View Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
- Buckman Springs Rest Area: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Desert View Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monument Peak | NW 311° | 1,904 m | 24.6 mi |
| Wooded Hill | NW 304° | 1,894 m | 23.8 mi |
| Stephenson Peak | NW 309° | 1,889 m | 23.6 mi |
| Piñon Point | NW 308° | 1,832 m | 23.5 mi |
| Sheephead Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,792 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mount Tule | WNW 292° | 1,416.4 m | 8.0 mi |
| Blue Angels Peak | S 169° | 1,386.2 m | 2.6 mi |
| Red Top | NW 318° | 1,355 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:20 | 19:56 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:43 | 16:06 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Tijuana).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 48 | 50 | 53 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 74 | 69 | 61 | 53 | 47 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Campo Asos, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1052984197
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