Desert Memorial Park
Desert Memorial Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 701 m. Owens Peak stands 2,574 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Upjohn Park, a park 1.4 miles away. 125 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 701 m
How to reach it
125 named places within 25 miles
- Willow Spring: 9.6 mi
- Sheep Spring: 12.3 mi
- Bedrock Spring: 13.0 mi
- Mesa Spring: 17.6 mi
- Big Spring: 18.1 mi
- Lone Butte: 4.3 mi
- Laurel Mountain: 9.5 mi
- El Paso Peaks: 10.3 mi
- Fish Head Rocks: 12.2 mi
- Klinker Mountain: 14.3 mi
- Pictographs: 2.1 mi
- Local Petroglyphs: 2.1 mi
- Rock Alignment: 2.1 mi
- Petroglyphs from Around the World: 2.1 mi
- Petroglyph Panels: 2.1 mi
- Upjohn Park: 1.4 mi
- Petroglyph Park: 2.1 mi
- Leroy Jackson Park: 2.1 mi
- Freedom Park: 2.2 mi
- Ridgecrest Senior Center: 2.3 mi
- China Lake Museum: 2.2 mi
- Maturango Museum: 2.3 mi
- Historical Society of the Upper Mojave Desert: 2.3 mi
- China Lake Museum: 2.9 mi
- Naval Museum of Armament & Technology: 3.0 mi
- plane: 3.1 mi
- plane: 3.2 mi
- F-4 Phantom II - NWC China Lake 1374: 3.3 mi
- Trona Pinnacles: 14.8 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 19.4 mi
- Freeman Junction: 15.0 mi
- Garlock: 16.9 mi
- Atolia: 20.6 mi
- Valley Wells: 22.7 mi
- Indian Joe Springs Ecological Reserve: 20.3 mi
- Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve: 21.8 mi
- Red Rock Canyon State Park: 23.9 mi
- Desert Tortoise Natural Area: 24.3 mi
- X-15 Memorial: 13.4 mi
- Bickel Camp: 18.6 mi
- Cudahy camp: 21.5 mi
- Herbal Zen Garden: 2.1 mi
- Trona Highway Rest Stop: 17.7 mi
- Last Chance Canyon Arch: 20.2 mi
- Bircham Springs Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Desert Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens Peak | WNW 293° | 2,574 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Jenkins | WNW 289° | 2,396 m | 21.1 mi |
| Spanish Needle | WNW 298° | 2,390 m | 23.3 mi |
| Morris Peak | WNW 285° | 2,199 m | 20.4 mi |
| Russell Peak | WNW 283° | 2,041 m | 18.6 mi |
| Backus Peak | W 281° | 2,027 m | 17.1 mi |
| Argus Peak | NNE 33° | 2,000 m | 19.7 mi |
| Boulder Peak | NW 308° | 1,911 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:32 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
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 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 63 | 72 | 81 | 88 | 86 | 78 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — China Lake NAF, 6 mi away.
- Ruddy Duck33 obs
- Snow Goose29 obs
- Northern Shoveler23 obs
- Beck's Desert Scorpion15 obs
- Yellow Devil Scorpion14 obs
- Mallard13 obs
- Desert Cottontail13 obs
- Green-winged Teal12 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/173699002
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