Desert Discovery Center
Desert Discovery Center is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 718 m. Ord Mountain stands 1,863 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 129 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
129 named places within 25 miles
- Desert Discovery Center: 0.1 mi
- Dana Park: 0.1 mi
- Barstow Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Lillian Park: 0.6 mi
- Waterman Park: 0.8 mi
- B Hill: 1.0 mi
- Lead Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Mount General: 7.5 mi
- Red Hill: 11.0 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 11.2 mi
- R Z Spring: 15.6 mi
- Goat Spring: 16.0 mi
- Aztec Spring: 17.1 mi
- Taylor Spring: 17.7 mi
- Daggett: 8.0 mi
- Daggett Garage: 8.1 mi
- Forks of the Road: 14.7 mi
- Foundation: 17.2 mi
- Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark: 19.5 mi
- Rosita: 0.7 mi
- CALICO: 10.0 mi
- Calico Early Man Site Visitor Center: 15.3 mi
- New Jack City (Rock Climbing): 15.8 mi
- Bagdad Cafe: 22.0 mi
- 64: 10.3 mi
- the tank man: 10.3 mi
- Chief Iron Horse: 10.3 mi
- Chinese Dissident: 10.4 mi
- Mom: 15.4 mi
- Rainbow Basin/Owl Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 10.1 mi
- Harper Dry Lake: 17.9 mi
- Camp Cady Wildlife Area: 22.5 mi
- Camp Cady Wildlife Area: 23.6 mi
- Western America Railroad Museum: 1.0 mi
- Route 66 "Mother Road" Museum: 1.0 mi
- Daggett Museum: 8.0 mi
- Calico: 9.8 mi
- Kramer Arch: 11.0 mi
- Desert Lighthouse: 11.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Desert Discovery Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ord Mountain | SE 142° | 1,863 m | 19.0 mi |
| East Ord Mountain | SE 140° | 1,831 m | 22.4 mi |
| West Ord Mountain | SSE 159° | 1,661 m | 18.1 mi |
| Sidewinder Mountain | S 183° | 1,590 m | 19.5 mi |
| Goat Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,502 m | 16.5 mi |
| Stoddard Mountain | SSW 204° | 1,480 m | 14.5 mi |
| Calico Peak | NE 55° | 1,384 m | 12.7 mi |
| Lane Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,380 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:28 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:02 | 16:41 |
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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/725881896
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