Harper Dry Lake
Harper Dry Lake is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 619 m. Slocum Mountain stands 1,541 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lynx Cat Mountain, a peak 4.2 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bureau of Land Management
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
61 named places within 25 miles
- Lynx Cat Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Red Hill: 7.1 mi
- The Buttes: 7.1 mi
- Black Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Mount General: 10.5 mi
- Hinkley Park: 10.5 mi
- Parque del Sol: 13.9 mi
- Jasper Park: 14.3 mi
- Lenwood Park: 14.5 mi
- H Street Soccer Fields: 16.6 mi
- Route 66 "Mother Road" Museum: 17.3 mi
- Western America Railroad Museum: 17.3 mi
- Desert Discovery Center: 17.9 mi
- Twenty Mule Team Museum: 19.9 mi
- Boron Aerospace Museum: 19.9 mi
- Bird Spring: 12.5 mi
- R Z Spring: 21.9 mi
- Husky Monument: 14.0 mi
- Fremont: 19.9 mi
- Rosita: 17.1 mi
- Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch: 22.5 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 23.7 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Desert Lighthouse: 6.3 mi
- Rainbow Basin/Owl Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 14.5 mi
- Mom: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Harper Dry Lake. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slocum Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,541 m | 20.3 mi |
| Stoddard Mountain | SSE 155° | 1,480 m | 24.0 mi |
| Granite Mountain | N 8° | 1,453 m | 24.5 mi |
| Lane Mountain | ENE 75° | 1,380 m | 21.0 mi |
| Fremont Peak | NW 325° | 1,362 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mesa | NE 49° | 1,261 m | 17.1 mi |
| Spear | ENE 58° | 1,244 m | 15.2 mi |
| Silver Peak | SW 216° | 1,220 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:30 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:03 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 57 | 63 | 71 | 81 | 87 | 86 | 78 | 67 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barstow, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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