Chet Hoffman Park
Chet Hoffman Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 297 m. Avawatz Mountains stands 1,876 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is World's Tallest Thermometer, a attraction 0.8 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 38 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 297 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Baker Community Services District
How to reach it
- 38.1 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
57 named places within 25 miles
- Nickel Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Otto Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Squat Hill: 2.4 mi
- Hanks Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Little Cowhole Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Mesquite Spring: 4.3 mi
- MC Spring: 9.6 mi
- Zzyzx Spring: 9.9 mi
- Spring (Alkali): 11.1 mi
- Henry Spring: 11.6 mi
- Abandoned gas station: 11.8 mi
- Abandoned Restaurant: 11.8 mi
- Francis Marion Borax Smith: 13.3 mi
- Rasor Ranch: 13.4 mi
- Mojave phone booth: 21.3 mi
- World's Tallest Thermometer: 0.8 mi
- Travelers Monument: 10.1 mi
- Silver Lake: 7.3 mi
- Crucero: 16.8 mi
- Valley Wells Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Valley Wells Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Seventeenmile Point: 10.4 mi
- Aikens Arch: 17.9 mi
- Mojave Megaphone: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chet Hoffman Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avawatz Mountains | NW 317° | 1,876 m | 22.4 mi |
| Club Peak | E 81° | 1,508 m | 16.9 mi |
| Bull Spring Mountain | NE 39° | 1,487 m | 17.5 mi |
| Kelso Peak | ESE 122° | 1,447 m | 22.4 mi |
| Button Mountain | E 85° | 1,412 m | 19.8 mi |
| Turquoise Mountain | NE 35° | 1,372 m | 13.6 mi |
| Solomons Knob | NE 50° | 1,364 m | 16.2 mi |
| Negro Head | ENE 57° | 1,315 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:57 | 16:36 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 78 | 88 | 94 | 92 | 84 | 71 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baker, under a mile away.
- Great-tailed Grackle45 obs
- Common Raven39 obs
- House Sparrow17 obs
- Creosote Bush15 obs
- Zebra-tailed Lizard14 obs
- Rock Pigeon12 obs
- Veromessor pergandei10 obs
- Brewer's Blackbird9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/999817605
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