Apollo Park
Apollo Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 710 m. Covington Mountain stands 2,392 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Musical Road of California, a attraction 0.7 miles away. 171 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
How to reach it
171 named places within 25 miles
- Antelope Valley Fairgrounds: 2.1 mi
- Mariposa Park: 3.7 mi
- Whit Carter Park: 4.0 mi
- American Heroes Park: 4.4 mi
- Rawley Duntley Park: 4.8 mi
- Little Buttes: 7.0 mi
- Antelope Buttes: 9.5 mi
- Tropico Hill: 9.6 mi
- Rosamond Butte: 9.8 mi
- The Lollipop: 9.9 mi
- Indian Spring: 11.5 mi
- Bean Spring: 11.6 mi
- Mud Spring: 12.5 mi
- Bear Spring: 13.6 mi
- Fryingpan Springs: 13.6 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Poppy Nature Area: 11.5 mi
- BLM Open Space: 19.3 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 19.5 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 19.7 mi
- The Musical Road of California: 0.7 mi
- F-4 Phantom II: 4.7 mi
- Former Lancaster Grammar School Auditorium: 4.8 mi
- Judy Garland Childhood Home: 4.8 mi
- Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 9.7 mi
- Antelope Valley Rural Museum: 2.0 mi
- Museum of Art and History: 4.6 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 11.6 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 11.7 mi
- Century Circle: 14.9 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 4.6 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 4.7 mi
- Tuf Quarry Mill: 11.2 mi
- Acton Community Presbyterian Church: 18.8 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 21.2 mi
- One Desert Sky: 5.1 mi
- Astral Challenger: 7.6 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 21.8 mi
- North Fork Saddle: 24.7 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Apollo Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covington Mountain | NW 321° | 2,392 m | 24.4 mi |
| Messenger Peak | S 180° | 1,833 m | 25.0 mi |
| Peak 5881 | SSE 160° | 1,793 m | 24.1 mi |
| Burnt Peak | W 259° | 1,761 m | 21.7 mi |
| Cole Point | SSE 162° | 1,708.1 m | 23.4 mi |
| Sawmill Mountain | W 261° | 1,672 m | 20.7 mi |
| Little Burnt Peak | W 260° | 1,660 m | 21.6 mi |
| Limestone Mountain | NNW 333° | 1,634 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:33 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:07 | 16:46 |
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 | 54 | 59 | 68 | 76 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lancaster, under a mile away.
- Mallard97 obs
- Snow Goose85 obs
- Canada Goose65 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron42 obs
- Tundra Bean Goose40 obs
- Greylag × Swan Goose32 obs
- Ring-billed Gull30 obs
- California Gull29 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/192311449
Day trips start here
- Palmdale · 12 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 29 mi
- Santa Clarita · 29 mi
- Castaic · 30 mi
- Santa Clarita Valley · 30 mi
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