Barstow Heights Park
Barstow Heights Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 748 m. Ord Mountain stands 1,863 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Venner Park, a park 0.6 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off. 132 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 748 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Barstow Heights Community Services District
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
132 named places within 25 miles
- Venner Park: 0.6 mi
- H Street Soccer Fields: 0.9 mi
- Foglesong Park: 1.1 mi
- Dana Park: 1.6 mi
- Barstow Memorial Park: 1.6 mi
- B Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount General: 7.1 mi
- Lead Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Red Hill: 10.5 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 13.0 mi
- R Z Spring: 13.9 mi
- Goat Spring: 15.7 mi
- Taylor Spring: 17.3 mi
- Aztec Spring: 17.4 mi
- Daggett: 9.3 mi
- Daggett Garage: 9.4 mi
- Forks of the Road: 16.0 mi
- Foundation: 16.8 mi
- Newberry Springs: 20.8 mi
- Rosita: 1.7 mi
- CALICO: 11.8 mi
- New Jack City (Rock Climbing): 15.1 mi
- Calico Early Man Site Visitor Center: 16.9 mi
- Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch: 21.0 mi
- 64: 11.9 mi
- the tank man: 11.9 mi
- Chief Iron Horse: 11.9 mi
- Chinese Dissident: 12.0 mi
- Mom: 13.7 mi
- Desert Discovery Center: 1.8 mi
- Route 66 "Mother Road" Museum: 2.3 mi
- Western America Railroad Museum: 2.4 mi
- Daggett Museum: 9.3 mi
- Rainbow Basin/Owl Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 11.0 mi
- Harper Dry Lake: 17.1 mi
- Camp Cady Wildlife Area: 24.1 mi
- Desert Lighthouse: 10.9 mi
- Calico: 11.5 mi
- Kramer Arch: 12.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Barstow Heights Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ord Mountain | SE 137° | 1,863 m | 19.2 mi |
| East Ord Mountain | SE 135° | 1,831 m | 22.7 mi |
| West Ord Mountain | SSE 153° | 1,661 m | 17.9 mi |
| Sidewinder Mountain | S 179° | 1,590 m | 18.5 mi |
| Goat Mountain | SSE 154° | 1,502 m | 16.2 mi |
| Stoddard Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,480 m | 13.1 mi |
| Calico Peak | NE 55° | 1,384 m | 14.4 mi |
| Lane Mountain | NNE 23° | 1,380 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:28 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:13 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 16:02 | 16:41 |
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, 2 mi away.
- Creosote Bush20 obs
- Silver Cholla18 obs
- Large Creosote Gall Midge17 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard15 obs
- Branched Pencil Cholla15 obs
- Mojave Yucca14 obs
- California Ground Squirrel14 obs
- Veromessor pergandei14 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/637276005
Day trips start here
- Apple Valley · 27 mi
- Victorville · 27 mi
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