Goat Mountain
Goat Mountain rises to 1,115 m in California. Onyx Peak stands 2,778 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Reche Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off.
The story
Mountain in San Bernardino County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49031781, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,115 m
How to reach it
- 30.3 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Reche Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Ruby Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Mount Nebo: 7.4 mi
- Moonlight Mesa: 7.7 mi
- Yucca Mesa: 8.6 mi
- The Gossip Column: 17.5 mi
- Defender Block: 17.6 mi
- Jailhouse Rock: 18.1 mi
- Empire Wall: 18.1 mi
- Wall of Absurdities: 18.2 mi
- Paradise Park: 10.9 mi
- Sunburst Park: 11.4 mi
- Community Park: 11.9 mi
- Community Center Park: 12.3 mi
- Brehm Park: 12.3 mi
- Surprise Spring: 8.4 mi
- Saddlerock Spring: 11.0 mi
- Coyote Hole Spring: 13.0 mi
- Chaparrosa Spring: 13.5 mi
- Burns Spring: 13.8 mi
- Giant Rock: 2.7 mi
- Pioneertown Mane Street: 12.1 mi
- David Knopp: 15.2 mi
- Outer Mongolia Climbing Area: 19.4 mi
- Super Dome: 19.9 mi
- Samuelson Rocks: 18.7 mi
- Minerva Hamilton Hoyt: 22.2 mi
- Abandoned rusty car: 22.5 mi
- Abandoned rusty half-buried car: 22.5 mi
- Ruins of a house: 22.7 mi
- Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum: 8.4 mi
- Pioneertown Film Museum: 12.1 mi
- Hi-Desert Nature Museum: 12.3 mi
- JT&S Railroad Museum: 14.8 mi
- Keys Desert Queen Ranch: 20.8 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 8.8 mi
- Burns Piñon Ridge Reserve: 11.6 mi
- Desert View Conservation Area: 13.3 mi
- Big Morongo Canyon Preserve: 20.6 mi
- King Clone Ecological Reserve: 21.3 mi
- Atlatl: 8.6 mi
- Rhythms of Life: 8.7 mi
- Orrery: 24.3 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 20.3 mi
- Mission Creek Preserve: 24.4 mi
- Meditation Garden: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Goat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onyx Peak | WSW 250° | 2,778 m | 20.8 mi |
| Wysup Peak | WSW 244° | 2,740 m | 22.0 mi |
| Three Sisters | WSW 239° | 2,469 m | 19.8 mi |
| Three Sisters Peaks | SW 235° | 2,326 m | 18.9 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | W 260° | 2,316 m | 18.7 mi |
| East Peak | W 270° | 2,293 m | 20.5 mi |
| Granite Point | W 270° | 2,290 m | 20.7 mi |
| Granite Peak | W 271° | 2,282 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:24 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:11 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:49 | 16:02 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 52 | 56 | 61 | 68 | 78 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 68 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yucca Mesa, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 242759 — Goat Mountain, San Bernardino County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358784832
Day trips start here
- Joshua Tree · 12 mi
- Yucca Valley · 12 mi
- Twentynine Palms · 20 mi
- Desert Hot Springs · 24 mi
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