Skytower Park
Skytower Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 741 m. Pleasant View Ridge stands 2,433 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Tierra Bonita Park, a park 1.9 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 741 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Lollipop: 8.8 mi
- Alpine Butte: 10.2 mi
- Rocky Buttes: 11.5 mi
- Piute Butte: 12.6 mi
- Lovejoy Buttes: 13.4 mi
- Tierra Bonita Park: 1.9 mi
- El Dorado Park: 3.2 mi
- Deputy Pierre W. Bain Park/East Side Pool: 3.6 mi
- Antelope Valley Fairgrounds: 4.0 mi
- Jane Reynolds Park: 4.2 mi
- Lovejoy Springs: 14.5 mi
- Fryingpan Springs: 14.5 mi
- Bear Spring: 15.5 mi
- Kentucky Springs: 15.7 mi
- Big Oak Spring: 16.6 mi
- F-4 Phantom II: 4.1 mi
- Judy Garland Childhood Home: 4.1 mi
- Former Lancaster Grammar School Auditorium: 4.2 mi
- D-21: 4.8 mi
- U-2: 4.8 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 10.9 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 16.4 mi
- BLM Open Space: 16.8 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 16.9 mi
- Museum of Art and History: 4.4 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 4.8 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 4.8 mi
- Antelope Valley Rural Museum: 6.9 mi
- Antelope Valley State Indian Museum: 12.7 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 4.2 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 4.3 mi
- Acton Community Presbyterian Church: 15.6 mi
- Llano del Rio: 18.0 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 19.1 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 14.2 mi
- North Fork Saddle: 22.1 mi
- Ridge Crest Picnic Ground: 24.3 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 24.6 mi
- Hidden Springs: 24.9 mi
- Astral Challenger: 2.4 mi
- One Desert Sky: 3.7 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 18.0 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Skytower Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View Ridge | SSE 154° | 2,433 m | 21.5 mi |
| Will Thrall Peak | SSE 154° | 2,387 m | 22.0 mi |
| Pallett Mountain | SSE 152° | 2,359 m | 22.4 mi |
| Goodykoontz peak | SSE 153° | 2,304 m | 23.4 mi |
| Winston Peak | SSE 160° | 2,277 m | 23.0 mi |
| Akawie Peak | SSE 158° | 2,220 m | 23.7 mi |
| Pacifico Mountain | S 174° | 2,165 m | 20.1 mi |
| Granite Mountain | S 180° | 1,998 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:07 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 49 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palmdale AP, 3 mi away.
- Alkali Mariposa Lily11 obs
- Mojave Suncup8 obs
- Western Black Widow6 obs
- Birdcage Evening Primrose6 obs
- Mediterranean Mantis6 obs
- Common Raven5 obs
- desert dandelion5 obs
- Mojave Rattlesnake4 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/209285838
Day trips start here
- Palmdale · 6 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 24 mi
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