Desert Lighthouse
Desert Lighthouse is a lighthouse in California, at a modelled elevation of 749 m. Slocum Mountain stands 1,541 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lynx Cat Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 7.9 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Desert Lighthouse is a full-size functioning lighthouse in the Mojave Desert near Hinkley, California, United States. It was built in 2017 by artist Daniel Hawkins after nearly 10 years of planning and unexpected setbacks.
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Wikidata Q64665961, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
76 named places within 25 miles
- Lynx Cat Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Red Hill: 2.5 mi
- Mount General: 4.7 mi
- Iron Mountain: 6.7 mi
- B Hill: 10.8 mi
- Hinkley Park: 4.4 mi
- Parque del Sol: 7.6 mi
- Jasper Park: 8.1 mi
- Lenwood Park: 8.2 mi
- H Street Soccer Fields: 10.4 mi
- Route 66 "Mother Road" Museum: 11.2 mi
- Western America Railroad Museum: 11.3 mi
- Desert Discovery Center: 11.7 mi
- Daggett Museum: 19.6 mi
- Mom: 13.7 mi
- the tank man: 21.3 mi
- Chief Iron Horse: 21.3 mi
- Chinese Dissident: 21.4 mi
- Rosita: 11.0 mi
- Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch: 19.8 mi
- New Jack City (Rock Climbing): 24.2 mi
- R Z Spring: 17.1 mi
- Bird Spring: 17.4 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 20.5 mi
- Husky Monument: 18.8 mi
- Daggett: 19.6 mi
- Daggett Garage: 19.7 mi
- Harper Dry Lake: 6.3 mi
- Rainbow Basin/Owl Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 11.0 mi
- Calico: 19.7 mi
- Kramer Arch: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Desert Lighthouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slocum Mountain | N 2° | 1,541 m | 23.4 mi |
| Stoddard Mountain | SSE 164° | 1,480 m | 18.6 mi |
| Calico Peak | E 83° | 1,384 m | 21.3 mi |
| Lane Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,380 m | 18.0 mi |
| Fremont Peak | NW 320° | 1,362 m | 21.4 mi |
| Quartzite Mountain | S 190° | 1,338 m | 24.3 mi |
| Silver Mountain | S 188° | 1,271 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mesa | NNE 28° | 1,261 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:29 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:03 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 57 | 63 | 71 | 81 | 87 | 86 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barstow, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/10606646325
Day trips start here
- Adelanto · 29 mi
- Victorville · 29 mi
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