Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum
Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 825 m. Three Sisters stands 2,469 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Moonlight Mesa, a peak 1.1 miles away.
The story
open air museum of assemblage sculptures in Joshua Tree
Wikidata Q124057428, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Moonlight Mesa: 1.1 mi
- Bunker Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mount Nebo: 1.7 mi
- Copper Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Yucca Mesa: 8.2 mi
- The Gossip Column: 9.2 mi
- Defender Block: 9.3 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 9.8 mi
- Empire Wall: 9.8 mi
- Wall of Absurdities: 9.8 mi
- Sunburst Park: 3.9 mi
- Community Park: 4.7 mi
- Paradise Park: 6.5 mi
- Friendly Hills Park: 6.5 mi
- Community Center Park: 9.0 mi
- Coyote Hole Spring: 5.6 mi
- Surprise Spring: 8.0 mi
- Sneakeye Spring: 10.0 mi
- Johnson Spring: 10.6 mi
- Quail Springs: 11.1 mi
- David Knopp: 7.2 mi
- Outer Mongolia Climbing Area: 11.0 mi
- Giant Rock: 11.1 mi
- Middle Kingdom: 11.5 mi
- Super Dome: 11.5 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 3.5 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 5.0 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 5.1 mi
- Desert View Conservation Area: 5.5 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 6.4 mi
- Samuelson Rocks: 10.6 mi
- Abandoned rusty car: 14.1 mi
- Abandoned rusty half-buried car: 14.1 mi
- Ruins of a house: 14.3 mi
- Worth Bagley stone: 14.3 mi
- JT&S Railroad Museum: 7.3 mi
- Hi-Desert Nature Museum: 8.9 mi
- Pioneertown Film Museum: 12.1 mi
- Keys Desert Queen Ranch: 12.4 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum, Twentynine Palms Historical Society: 14.5 mi
- Rhythms of Life: 8.6 mi
- Atlatl: 8.6 mi
- Orrery: 16.5 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 12.0 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Mission Creek Preserve: 23.1 mi
- Meditation Garden: 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Sisters | W 262° | 2,469 m | 21.8 mi |
| Three Sisters Peaks | W 259° | 2,326 m | 20.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | W 279° | 1,871 m | 17.4 mi |
| Bighorn Mountains | WNW 292° | 1,796.5 m | 21.1 mi |
| Quail Mountain | SSE 168° | 1,772 m | 13.3 mi |
| Queen Mountain | SE 133° | 1,718 m | 14.6 mi |
| Inspiration Peak | SSE 164° | 1,694 m | 18.7 mi |
| Eureka Peak | SSW 198° | 1,682 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/682313554
Day trips start here
- Joshua Tree · 4 mi
- Yucca Valley · 9 mi
- Twentynine Palms · 13 mi
- Desert Hot Springs · 20 mi
- Cathedral City · 29 mi
- Palm Springs · 29 mi
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