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Machris Park

Machris Park from directly overhead

Machris Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,150 m. Three Sisters stands 2,469 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mojave Desert Land Trust, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1150 m
Getting there

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Coordinates34.08488, -116.37745
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • South Park Peak: 1.3 mi
  • Burnt Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Nolina Peak: 2.0 mi
  • Warren Peak: 2.7 mi
  • Pant: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • South Park: 1.4 mi
  • Essig Park: 2.0 mi
  • Joshua Drive Park: 2.8 mi
  • Friendly Hills Park: 3.0 mi
  • Community Center Park: 3.7 mi
Cliffs
  • Trashcan Rock - West Face: 10.8 mi
  • Trashcan Rock - East Face: 10.8 mi
  • The Gossip Column: 11.5 mi
  • Defender Block: 11.8 mi
  • Jailhouse Rock: 11.9 mi
Springs: 38
Attractions: 33
  • Pioneertown Mane Street: 8.4 mi
  • Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area: 10.8 mi
  • Middle Kingdom: 11.8 mi
  • Outer Mongolia Climbing Area: 11.9 mi
  • David Knopp: 12.1 mi
Nature reserves: 32
Gardens: 22
  • Meditation Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Wildflower Field: 21.1 mi
  • Sunnylands Center and Gardens: 21.1 mi
  • West Gardens: 21.1 mi
  • University Park Community Gardens: 21.3 mi
Museums: 19
Artworks: 16
  • Rhythms of Life: 7.8 mi
  • Atlatl: 7.8 mi
  • Unity through Healthcare: 19.5 mi
  • Orrery: 19.6 mi
  • Whirlwind VI. 2006: 19.6 mi
Historic sites: 16
  • Samuelson Rocks: 8.1 mi
  • Gram Parsons: 13.9 mi
  • Ruins of a house: 14.2 mi
  • Abandoned Rusty Car: 14.3 mi
  • Abandoned rusty car: 14.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Dry Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Tahquitz Falls: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Machris Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Three SistersWNW 285°2,469 m17.1 mi
Three Sisters PeaksWNW 284°2,326 m15.3 mi
Black MountainNW 310°1,871 m15.8 mi
Quail MountainSE 125°1,772 m9.5 mi
Queen MountainE 98°1,718 m16.1 mi
Inspiration PeakSE 135°1,694 m14.7 mi
Eureka PeakSSE 157°1,682 m3.9 mi
Chaparrosa PeakWNW 293°1,679 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:58
June solstice05:3519:2420:01
September equinox06:3418:1118:44
December solstice06:4816:0216:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054606775818275655446
Precip in1.41.20.80.20.10.00.50.20.10.60.30.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yucca Valley, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Joshua Tree981 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus878 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear492 obs
  • Silver Cholla460 obs
  • California juniper371 obs
  • Mojave Yucca277 obs
  • Parry's nolina243 obs
  • apricot globemallow215 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/913845734

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