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Hi-Desert Nature Museum

Hi-Desert Nature Museum from directly overhead

Hi-Desert Nature Museum is a museum in California, at a recorded elevation of 987 m. Onyx Peak stands 2,778 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Community Center Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
987 m
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.12430, -116.41797
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Community Center Park: 0.1 mi
  • Brehm Park: 0.7 mi
  • Youth Sports Park: 0.7 mi
  • Golden Rule Park: 1.2 mi
  • Desert Christ Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Burnt Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • South Park Peak: 3.3 mi
  • North Park Peak: 3.5 mi
  • Yucca Mesa: 4.2 mi
  • Warren Peak: 4.8 mi
Cliffs
  • The Gossip Column: 13.9 mi
  • Trashcan Rock - West Face: 13.9 mi
  • Trashcan Rock - East Face: 13.9 mi
  • Defender Block: 14.2 mi
  • Jailhouse Rock: 14.4 mi
Springs: 49
Attractions: 33
  • Pioneertown Mane Street: 4.9 mi
  • David Knopp: 13.8 mi
  • Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area: 13.9 mi
  • Giant Rock: 14.5 mi
  • Middle Kingdom: 14.7 mi
Nature reserves: 30
Gardens: 20
  • Meditation Garden: 22.1 mi
  • Arizona Desert Region: 23.5 mi
  • Colorado Desert Region: 23.5 mi
  • California Desert Region: 23.5 mi
  • Mojave Desert Region: 23.5 mi
Artworks: 18
  • Rhythms of Life: 4.4 mi
  • Atlatl: 4.5 mi
  • Unity through Healthcare: 21.0 mi
  • Whirlwind VI. 2006: 21.2 mi
  • kenny irwin artist: 21.3 mi
Museums: 18
Historic sites: 15
  • Samuelson Rocks: 11.4 mi
  • Ruins of a house: 17.2 mi
  • Gram Parsons: 17.3 mi
  • Abandoned Rusty Car: 17.4 mi
  • Abandoned rusty car: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Dry Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Silverwood Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Tahquitz Falls: 23.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Hi-Desert Nature Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Onyx PeakWNW 286°2,778 m17.3 mi
Wysup PeakW 278°2,740 m17.2 mi
Three SistersW 277°2,469 m14.2 mi
Three Sisters PeaksW 275°2,326 m12.6 mi
Tip Top MountainWNW 299°2,316 m17.9 mi
Mineral MountainWNW 297°2,200 m16.9 mi
Black MountainNW 308°1,871 m12.3 mi
Bighorn MountainsNW 316°1,796.5 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:58
June solstice05:3519:2420:01
September equinox06:3518:1118:44
December solstice06:4816:0216:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054606775818275655446
Precip in1.41.20.80.20.10.00.50.20.10.60.30.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yucca Valley, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/120702654

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