Branch Memorial Park
Branch Memorial Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 700 m. Soledad Mountain stands 1,262 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Century Circle, a museum 5.0 miles away. 134 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 700 m
How to reach it
134 named places within 25 miles
- Onizuka Park: 6.5 mi
- Corvais Community Park: 6.6 mi
- Tierra Bonita Park: 12.3 mi
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park: 12.6 mi
- United Park Apartments Park: 13.2 mi
- Mount Mesa: 8.5 mi
- Red Hill: 11.5 mi
- Little Butte: 11.7 mi
- Piute Butte: 12.2 mi
- Saddleback Butte: 12.4 mi
- B-52: 11.9 mi
- F-4 Phantom II: 14.9 mi
- Former Lancaster Grammar School Auditorium: 15.2 mi
- Judy Garland Childhood Home: 15.2 mi
- The Musical Road of California: 16.8 mi
- Century Circle: 5.0 mi
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum: 6.1 mi
- Antelope Valley State Indian Museum: 12.7 mi
- Museum of Art and History: 15.2 mi
- Antelope Valley Rural Museum: 16.1 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 11.7 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 14.9 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 18.8 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 19.0 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 24.5 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 5.7 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 15.0 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 15.1 mi
- Llano del Rio: 22.6 mi
- Lovejoy Springs: 16.0 mi
- Moody Springs: 19.0 mi
- Bean Spring: 22.6 mi
- One Desert Sky: 14.1 mi
- Astral Challenger: 15.6 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 10.9 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 20.1 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Branch Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soledad Mountain | NW 306° | 1,262 m | 18.6 mi |
| Silver Peak | ESE 105° | 1,220 m | 22.4 mi |
| Black Butte | SSE 148° | 1,093 m | 21.7 mi |
| Saddleback Butte | SE 145° | 1,077 m | 12.4 mi |
| Middle Butte | WNW 296° | 1,049 m | 22.3 mi |
| Red Buttes | E 91° | 1,037 m | 21.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | SE 135° | 1,033 m | 22.5 mi |
| Haystack Butte | E 81° | 1,030 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
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 | 46 | 49 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmdale AP, 16 mi away.
- Alkali Mariposa Lily8 obs
- Desert Inkcap8 obs
- Soldier Blister Beetle4 obs
- Western Pygmy-Blue3 obs
- Canaigre Dock3 obs
- Lynch Tadpole Shrimp3 obs
- White-tailed Antelope Squirrel2 obs
- Painted Lady2 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 node/358781051
Day trips start here
- Palmdale · 19 mi
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