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Worth Bagley stone

Worth Bagley stone from directly overhead

Worth Bagley stone is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,317 m. Quail Mountain stands 1,772 m to the west-southwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Windmill Pump, a historic site 0.2 miles away.

What the record says

Inscription
Here is where Worth Bagly bit the dust at the hand of W.F. Keys May 11 1943

How to reach it

Coordinates34.03331, -116.13312

Named places within 25 miles

Cliffs
  • Hunk Rock - East Face: 0.7 mi
  • Hunk Rock - West Face: 0.7 mi
  • Solid Gold: 0.9 mi
  • Figures on a Landscape: 0.9 mi
  • Poker Face: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Echo Rock: 1.4 mi
  • Echo Cove South Face: 1.5 mi
  • Cyclops Rock: 2.0 mi
  • Chimney Rock: 2.0 mi
  • The Blob: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Knott's Sky Park: 7.0 mi
  • Bucklin Park: 8.3 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 8.8 mi
  • Joe Davis Park: 9.4 mi
  • Luckie Park: 9.6 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Fortress Area: 2.4 mi
  • Grey Giant: 2.4 mi
  • Hall of Horrors: 2.4 mi
  • Hall of Horrors: 2.4 mi
  • Willow Hole: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Springs: 17
  • Johnson Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Pine Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Sneakeye Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Fortynine Palms Oasis Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Quail Springs: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Windmill Pump: 0.2 mi
  • Abandoned rusty half-buried car: 0.2 mi
  • Abandoned rusty car: 0.2 mi
  • Abandoned Rusty Car: 0.3 mi
  • Ruins of a house: 0.4 mi
Gardens: 7
  • Meditation Garden: 6.4 mi
  • University Park Community Gardens: 21.9 mi
  • Wildflower Field: 23.5 mi
  • Sunnylands Center and Gardens: 23.5 mi
  • West Gardens: 23.6 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Orrery: 6.4 mi
  • Rhythms of Life: 20.4 mi
  • Atlatl: 20.4 mi
  • Synergy: 21.6 mi
  • Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Worth Bagley stone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Quail MountainWSW 254°1,772 m6.5 mi
Queen MountainNE 55°1,718 m2.3 mi
Inspiration PeakSSW 208°1,694 m7.6 mi
Eureka PeakW 270°1,682 m12.4 mi
Ryan MountainS 182°1,663 m3.3 mi
Bernard PointSSE 165°1,655 m11.8 mi
Mt. Minerva HoytWSW 256°1,647 m5.5 mi
Lost Horse MountainS 182°1,609 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2418:57
June solstice05:3419:2320:00
September equinox06:3318:1018:43
December solstice06:4716:0116:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535662687685919083715951
Precip in0.50.60.40.10.00.00.40.70.30.10.20.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twentynine Palms, 9 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9383184640

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