Gram Parsons
Gram Parsons is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,303 m. Quail Mountain stands 1,772 m to the west-northwest, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cap Rock, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cap Rock: 0.0 mi
- Turtle Rock: 1.4 mi
- Locomotion Rock: 1.6 mi
- Sports Challenge Rock: 1.7 mi
- Ryan Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Dihedral Rock - Southwest Face: 2.1 mi
- Dihedral Rock - Northeast Face: 2.1 mi
- Peyote Cracks - West: 2.2 mi
- Peyote Cracks - East: 2.2 mi
- Playhouse Rock: 2.3 mi
- Knott's Sky Park: 10.5 mi
- Indio Hills Community Center: 10.9 mi
- Bucklin Park: 11.7 mi
- Veteran's Park: 12.2 mi
- Joe Davis Park: 12.9 mi
- Fry Boulders: 0.3 mi
- Hall of Horrors: 1.2 mi
- Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area: 3.9 mi
- Middle Kingdom: 4.7 mi
- Grey Giant: 5.1 mi
- Keys Desert Queen Ranch: 3.9 mi
- JT&S Railroad Museum: 10.6 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum, Twentynine Palms Historical Society: 11.7 mi
- Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum: 15.9 mi
- Hi-Desert Nature Museum: 17.3 mi
- Stubbe Spring: 4.7 mi
- Quail Springs: 6.3 mi
- Johnson Spring: 6.6 mi
- Sneakeye Spring: 6.9 mi
- Pine Spring: 6.9 mi
- Orrery: 9.6 mi
- Synergy: 18.2 mi
- Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 19.0 mi
- Birds of Welcome: 20.4 mi
- Rhythms of Life: 20.7 mi
- wind mill: 1.0 mi
- ore stamp: 1.0 mi
- Ruins of a house: 3.1 mi
- Abandoned Rusty Car: 3.1 mi
- Windmill Pump: 3.2 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 9.1 mi
- Desert View Conservation Area: 11.4 mi
- Indian Palms: 13.0 mi
- Indiam Palms: 13.2 mi
- Pushwalla Palms: 13.2 mi
- Meditation Garden: 9.5 mi
- University Park Community Gardens: 18.5 mi
- Wildflower Field: 20.1 mi
- Sunnylands Center and Gardens: 20.2 mi
- West Gardens: 20.3 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 3.9 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Delos Bench: 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Gram Parsons. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail Mountain | WNW 285° | 1,772 m | 4.6 mi |
| Queen Mountain | NE 40° | 1,718 m | 5.6 mi |
| Inspiration Peak | SSW 206° | 1,694 m | 4.2 mi |
| Eureka Peak | WNW 285° | 1,682 m | 11.1 mi |
| Ryan Mountain | E 100° | 1,663 m | 1.7 mi |
| Bernard Point | SSE 151° | 1,655 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mt. Minerva Hoyt | WNW 294° | 1,647 m | 4.0 mi |
| Lost Horse Mountain | SSE 157° | 1,609 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:02 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 83 | 71 | 59 | 51 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twentynine Palms, 12 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Joshua Tree National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jul and Aug; busiest: Mar.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3822759857
Day trips start here
- Twentynine Palms · 11 mi
- Joshua Tree · 13 mi
- Riverside County · 14 mi
- Joshua Tree National Park · 17 mi
- Yucca Valley · 18 mi
- Desert Hot Springs · 19 mi
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