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Boron Aerospace Museum

Boron Aerospace Museum from directly overhead

Boron Aerospace Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 752 m. Red Mountain stands 1,580 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Twenty Mule Team Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.99935, -117.65125

62 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 24
  • Mound: 2.8 mi
  • Saddleback Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Haystack Butte: 9.5 mi
  • Kramer Hills: 10.7 mi
  • Jackrabbit Hill: 11.5 mi
Parks: 18
Nature reserves: 7
Historic sites: 3
  • Fremont: 13.9 mi
  • X1 Loading Pit: 14.7 mi
  • Husky Monument: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Attractions: 1
  • B-52: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Bird Spring: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red MountainN 9°1,580 m24.4 mi
Government PeakN 357°1,419 m24.4 mi
Fremont PeakNE 39°1,362 m17.5 mi
Sidney PeakN 353°1,309 m22.7 mi
Silver PeakSSE 161°1,220 m19.0 mi
Saddleback ButteSSW 201°1,077 m23.8 mi
Red ButtesSSE 153°1,037 m13.9 mi
Haystack ButteSSE 168°1,030 m9.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2919:03
June solstice05:3819:3120:09
September equinox06:3918:1618:49
December solstice06:5616:0416:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474954616979858477665446
Precip in1.41.61.00.40.10.00.20.20.20.50.50.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Randsburg, 26 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4364193647

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