Desert Tortoise Preserve
Desert Tortoise Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 742 m. Cache Peak stands 2,035 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Desert Tortoise Habitat Area, a nature reserve 3.0 miles away. 126 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 742 m
How to reach it
126 named places within 25 miles
- Castle Butte: 5.6 mi
- Desert Butte: 6.4 mi
- Galileo Hill: 10.8 mi
- Chuckwalla Mountain: 10.9 mi
- 500 Hill: 12.4 mi
- Tolly Spring: 12.4 mi
- Cutterbank Spring: 12.9 mi
- Peeping Tom Spring: 13.7 mi
- Quail Spring: 13.9 mi
- Trail Spring: 14.8 mi
- Central Park: 3.5 mi
- J Kerman Cooper Field: 3.6 mi
- Balsitis Park: 4.7 mi
- Borax Bill Park: 5.8 mi
- B Park: 6.7 mi
- Desert Tortoise Habitat Area: 3.0 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Desert Tortoise Natural Area: 10.2 mi
- Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve: 13.0 mi
- Red Cliffs Natural Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Rio Tinto Borax Mine Visitor Center: 17.6 mi
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum: 18.4 mi
- Boron Aerospace Museum: 20.5 mi
- Twenty Mule Team Museum: 20.5 mi
- The Rand Desert Museum: 20.8 mi
- Josephine Stephens Bishop: 9.2 mi
- Cudahy camp: 16.1 mi
- Bickel Camp: 18.1 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 19.6 mi
- Fremont: 20.5 mi
- Red cliffs trail: 12.9 mi
- B-52: 13.2 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 16.2 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 16.5 mi
- Donley: 10.7 mi
- Tamarisk Grove: 11.5 mi
- Red Rooster Picnic Site: 11.7 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Last Chance Canyon Arch: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Desert Tortoise Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cache Peak | W 280° | 2,035 m | 17.8 mi |
| Weldon Peak | WNW 302° | 1,937 m | 23.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | W 277° | 1,893 m | 22.8 mi |
| Middle Knob | W 266° | 1,891 m | 15.8 mi |
| Pinyon Mountain | NNW 328° | 1,859 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mayan Peak | NW 324° | 1,844 m | 24.4 mi |
| Butterbredt Peak | NW 320° | 1,819 m | 18.6 mi |
| Gold Peak | NNW 327° | 1,806 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:05 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mojave, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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