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Paradise Park

Paradise Park from directly overhead

Paradise Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 960 m. Onyx Peak stands 2,778 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mojave Desert Land Trust, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
960 m
Getting there

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Coordinates34.13995, -116.37825
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Community Center Park: 2.6 mi
  • Brehm Park: 3.1 mi
  • Friendly Hills Park: 3.1 mi
  • Essig Park: 3.2 mi
  • Youth Sports Park: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Burnt Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Yucca Mesa: 4.3 mi
  • South Park Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Nolina Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Pant: 5.5 mi
Cliffs
  • The Gossip Column: 11.8 mi
  • Defender Block: 12.1 mi
  • Jailhouse Rock: 12.4 mi
  • Trashcan Rock - West Face: 12.4 mi
  • Trashcan Rock - East Face: 12.5 mi
Springs: 42
Attractions: 31
  • Pioneertown Mane Street: 6.8 mi
  • David Knopp: 11.4 mi
  • Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area: 12.4 mi
  • Outer Mongolia Climbing Area: 12.9 mi
  • Middle Kingdom: 13.0 mi
Nature reserves: 30
Museums: 19
Historic sites: 14
  • Samuelson Rocks: 10.1 mi
  • Ruins of a house: 15.7 mi
  • Abandoned rusty car: 15.7 mi
  • Abandoned rusty half-buried car: 15.7 mi
  • Abandoned Rusty Car: 15.8 mi
Artworks: 11
  • Rhythms of Life: 4.7 mi
  • Atlatl: 4.7 mi
  • Orrery: 20.1 mi
  • Unity through Healthcare: 22.8 mi
  • Whirlwind VI. 2006: 23.0 mi
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Dry Falls: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Paradise Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Onyx PeakW 281°2,778 m19.3 mi
Three SistersW 272°2,469 m16.4 mi
Three Sisters PeaksW 270°2,326 m14.8 mi
Mineral MountainWNW 291°2,200 m18.6 mi
Black MountainWNW 298°1,871 m13.6 mi
Bighorn MountainsNW 309°1,796.5 m18.6 mi
Quail MountainSE 139°1,772 m12.1 mi
Queen MountainESE 111°1,718 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2418:58
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, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Joshua Tree184 obs
  • Creosote Bush74 obs
  • Branched Pencil Cholla61 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner48 obs
  • Silver Cholla47 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear34 obs
  • Mojave Yucca32 obs
  • Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake26 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/913848059

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