Keys Desert Queen Ranch
Keys Desert Queen Ranch is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,256 m. Quail Mountain stands 1,772 m to the west-southwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Kingdom, a attraction 0.9 miles away.
The story
human settlement in San Bernardino County, California, United States of America
Dates from 1894.
Wikidata Q14682963, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Figures on a Landscape: 1.4 mi
- Solid Gold: 1.4 mi
- Mindless Mound: 1.5 mi
- Banana Cracks - East Face: 1.5 mi
- Banana Cracks - West Face: 1.5 mi
- Echo Cove South Face: 1.7 mi
- Echo Rock: 1.7 mi
- The Blob: 1.9 mi
- The Old Woman: 2.1 mi
- Chimney Rock: 2.1 mi
- Knott's Sky Park: 7.4 mi
- Bucklin Park: 8.8 mi
- Veteran's Park: 9.4 mi
- Community Park: 10.1 mi
- Joe Davis Park: 10.2 mi
- Middle Kingdom: 0.9 mi
- Outer Mongolia Climbing Area: 1.6 mi
- Grey Giant: 1.6 mi
- Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area: 1.6 mi
- Fortress Area: 1.8 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 6.6 mi
- Desert View Conservation Area: 8.5 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 8.7 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 9.4 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 10.1 mi
- Johnson Spring: 2.8 mi
- Sneakeye Spring: 3.0 mi
- Quail Springs: 5.1 mi
- Fortynine Palms Oasis Spring: 5.5 mi
- Pine Spring: 6.2 mi
- Ruins of a house: 2.1 mi
- Abandoned rusty car: 2.2 mi
- Abandoned rusty half-buried car: 2.2 mi
- Abandoned Rusty Car: 2.2 mi
- Worth Bagley stone: 2.3 mi
- JT&S Railroad Museum: 8.2 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum, Twentynine Palms Historical Society: 9.1 mi
- Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum: 12.4 mi
- Hi-Desert Nature Museum: 15.2 mi
- Cabot's Old Indian Pueblo and Museum: 18.9 mi
- Meditation Garden: 8.0 mi
- University Park Community Gardens: 21.5 mi
- Wildflower Field: 22.8 mi
- Sunnylands Center and Gardens: 22.9 mi
- West Gardens: 23.0 mi
- Orrery: 8.0 mi
- Rhythms of Life: 18.1 mi
- Atlatl: 18.2 mi
- Synergy: 21.2 mi
- Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 21.8 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 1.6 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Delos Bench: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Keys Desert Queen Ranch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail Mountain | WSW 237° | 1,772 m | 4.9 mi |
| Queen Mountain | E 84° | 1,718 m | 4.0 mi |
| Inspiration Peak | S 191° | 1,694 m | 7.8 mi |
| Eureka Peak | W 265° | 1,682 m | 10.4 mi |
| Ryan Mountain | SSE 154° | 1,663 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bernard Point | SSE 157° | 1,655 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mt. Minerva Hoyt | SW 236° | 1,647 m | 4.0 mi |
| Lost Horse Mountain | SSE 166° | 1,609 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:02 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 51 | 56 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 86 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joshua Tree, 9 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Joshua Tree National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jul and Aug; busiest: Mar.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/2822144488
Day trips start here
- Twentynine Palms · 8 mi
- Joshua Tree · 10 mi
- Yucca Valley · 15 mi
- Riverside County · 17 mi
- Joshua Tree National Park · 19 mi
- Desert Hot Springs · 20 mi
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