- Elevation, modelled
- 1,079 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Pilot Knob1,657 m · 24.3 mi
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:10local time
- Coordinates
- 35.3680, -117.6553
The Rand Desert Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled 1,079 m. Pilot Knob stands 1,657 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Government Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. 44 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Rand Desert Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | E 85° | 1,657 m | 24.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | NW 305° | 1,589 m | 12.9 mi |
| Red Mountain | ESE 108° | 1,580 m | 4.2 mi |
| Dome Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,514 m | 8.9 mi |
| Granite Mountain | E 90° | 1,453 m | 23.6 mi |
| Government Peak | SW 223° | 1,419 m | 1.6 mi |
| El Paso Peaks | NNW 338° | 1,382 m | 8.1 mi |
| Klinker Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,372 m | 6.5 mi |
44 named places within 25 miles
Peaks: 22
- Government Peak: 1.6 mi
- Sidney Peak: 4.0 mi
- Red Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Klinker Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Laurel Mountain: 7.9 mi
Attractions: 7
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 12.7 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 12.8 mi
- Red cliffs trail: 18.1 mi
- F-4 Phantom II - NWC China Lake 1374: 19.6 mi
- plane: 19.7 mi
Historic sites: 6
- X-15 Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Fremont: 13.0 mi
- Bickel Camp: 13.9 mi
- Cudahy camp: 15.5 mi
- Josephine Stephens Bishop: 20.1 mi
Museums: 6
- Historical Society of the Upper Mojave Desert: 17.6 mi
- China Lake Museum: 18.1 mi
- Maturango Museum: 18.1 mi
- China Lake Museum: 19.8 mi
- Naval Museum of Armament & Technology: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Atolia: 4.5 mi
- Garlock: 8.0 mi
- Freeman Junction: 21.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:32 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:03 | 16:42 |
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