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Central Park

Central Park from directly overhead

Central Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 718 m. Cache Peak stands 2,035 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is J Kerman Cooper Field, a park 0.2 miles away. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
718 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.12799, -117.94534

122 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 38
Springs: 30
Parks: 23
Nature reserves: 7
  • Desert Tortoise Preserve: 3.5 mi
  • Desert Tortoise Habitat Area: 5.5 mi
  • Desert Tortoise Preserve: 7.7 mi
  • Desert Tortoise Natural Area: 13.4 mi
  • Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve: 16.0 mi
Attractions: 5
Historic sites: 5
  • Josephine Stephens Bishop: 12.4 mi
  • X1 Loading Pit: 16.3 mi
  • Cudahy camp: 19.5 mi
  • Fremont: 21.3 mi
  • Bickel Camp: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Donley: 14.1 mi
  • Tamarisk Grove: 14.9 mi
  • Red Rooster Picnic Site: 15.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Last Chance Canyon Arch: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Central Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cache PeakWNW 291°2,035 m18.4 mi
Sugarloaf MountainWNW 285°1,893 m23.1 mi
Middle KnobW 279°1,891 m15.7 mi
Butterbredt PeakNNW 326°1,819 m21.2 mi
Gold PeakNNW 332°1,806 m24.8 mi
Red MountainW 275°1,743 m18.5 mi
Pajuela PeakW 268°1,728 m19.8 mi
Black MountainNNE 14°1,589 m24.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:04
June solstice05:3919:3320:10
September equinox06:4118:1718:50
December solstice06:5716:0516:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454853586777838275645244
Precip in1.11.50.80.20.10.00.20.20.10.40.30.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mojave, 13 mi away.

  • Mallard38 obs
  • Yellow-headed Blackbird28 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle22 obs
  • American Coot19 obs
  • Ruddy Duck17 obs
  • Great Blue Heron16 obs
  • Common Raven14 obs
  • desert candle13 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/44403151

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