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Foglesong Park

Foglesong Park from directly overhead

Foglesong Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 667 m. Ord Mountain stands 1,863 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is H Street Soccer Fields, a park 0.3 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway runs past it. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
667 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Barstow

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates34.89231, -117.04517

127 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 44
Peaks: 36
  • B Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Mount General: 6.4 mi
  • Lead Mountain: 6.5 mi
  • Elephant Mountain: 8.4 mi
  • Red Hill: 9.9 mi
Springs: 17
  • Sweetwater Spring: 12.3 mi
  • R Z Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Goat Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Aztec Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 18.2 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Daggett: 9.3 mi
  • Daggett Garage: 9.4 mi
  • Forks of the Road: 16.0 mi
  • Foundation: 17.8 mi
  • Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Rosita: 0.8 mi
  • CALICO: 11.2 mi
  • New Jack City (Rock Climbing): 16.1 mi
  • Calico Early Man Site Visitor Center: 16.5 mi
  • Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch: 21.8 mi
Artworks: 5
  • 64: 11.6 mi
  • the tank man: 11.6 mi
  • Chief Iron Horse: 11.6 mi
  • Chinese Dissident: 11.7 mi
  • Mom: 14.5 mi
Museums: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Kramer Arch: 12.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ord MountainSE 139°1,863 m19.9 mi
East Ord MountainSE 138°1,831 m23.3 mi
West Ord MountainSSE 155°1,661 m18.7 mi
Sidewinder MountainS 180°1,590 m19.6 mi
Goat MountainSSE 156°1,502 m17.1 mi
Stoddard MountainSSW 198°1,480 m14.2 mi
Calico PeakENE 59°1,384 m13.7 mi
Lane MountainNNE 24°1,380 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:00
June solstice05:3619:2820:06
September equinox06:3718:1318:46
December solstice06:5316:0216:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475157637181878678675546
Precip in0.81.00.60.30.10.00.30.20.30.30.40.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barstow, 1 mi away.

  • Mediterranean Mantis14 obs
  • Creosote Bush11 obs
  • Western Honey Bee9 obs
  • Costa's Hummingbird8 obs
  • Western Black Widow8 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse8 obs
  • Leafhopper Assassin Bug8 obs
  • House Sparrow7 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/242888851

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