China Lake Museum
China Lake Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 700 m. Owens Peak stands 2,574 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Maturango Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. 131 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
131 named places within 25 miles
- Willow Spring: 10.3 mi
- Sheep Spring: 11.9 mi
- Bedrock Spring: 15.1 mi
- Big Spring: 16.3 mi
- Big Spring: 16.4 mi
- Lone Butte: 4.6 mi
- Laurel Mountain: 10.4 mi
- El Paso Peaks: 10.9 mi
- Fish Head Rocks: 13.6 mi
- Five Fingers: 14.1 mi
- Dummy or Decoy Hunter: 0.2 mi
- Hunting Blinds: 0.2 mi
- Petroglyphs on Flagstone: 0.2 mi
- Coso Range Pictographs: 0.2 mi
- Rock Circles: 0.2 mi
- Leroy Jackson Park: 0.1 mi
- Petroglyph Park: 0.3 mi
- Freedom Park: 0.7 mi
- Ridgecrest Senior Center: 0.7 mi
- Upjohn Park: 1.2 mi
- Maturango Museum: 0.1 mi
- Historical Society of the Upper Mojave Desert: 0.6 mi
- China Lake Museum: 2.2 mi
- Naval Museum of Armament & Technology: 2.2 mi
- The Rand Desert Museum: 18.1 mi
- F-4 Phantom II - NWC China Lake 1374: 1.4 mi
- plane: 1.6 mi
- plane: 1.7 mi
- Trona Pinnacles: 16.6 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 19.2 mi
- Freeman Junction: 13.3 mi
- Garlock: 17.2 mi
- Atolia: 22.0 mi
- Valley Wells: 23.3 mi
- Indian Joe Springs Ecological Reserve: 20.7 mi
- Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve: 22.3 mi
- Red Rock Canyon State Park: 23.5 mi
- Desert Tortoise Natural Area: 24.6 mi
- X-15 Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Bickel Camp: 18.2 mi
- Cudahy camp: 21.0 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Berts Canyon Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Herbal Zen Garden: 1.0 mi
- Trona Highway Rest Stop: 18.5 mi
- Last Chance Canyon Arch: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of China Lake Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens Peak | WNW 292° | 2,574 m | 19.9 mi |
| Sawtooth Peak | NW 306° | 2,435 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Jenkins | WNW 287° | 2,396 m | 19.0 mi |
| Spanish Needle | WNW 298° | 2,390 m | 21.1 mi |
| Lamont Peak | WNW 298° | 2,253 m | 23.9 mi |
| Morris Peak | WNW 283° | 2,199 m | 18.4 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | W 279° | 2,063 m | 23.9 mi |
| Russell Peak | W 281° | 2,041 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:02 | 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 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 63 | 72 | 81 | 88 | 86 | 78 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — China Lake NAF, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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