Joshua Mountain
Joshua Mountain rises to 1,080 m in California. Quail Mountain stands 1,772 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Orrery, a artwork 1.5 miles away. 208 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,080 m
How to reach it
208 named places within 25 miles
- Feudal Wall: 5.7 mi
- Varnished Wall: 5.8 mi
- The Bilbo Buttresses: 5.8 mi
- Ancient Kingdom: 5.8 mi
- Pixie Rock: 5.8 mi
- Donnell Hill: 2.9 mi
- Queen Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Chocolate Drop: 4.2 mi
- Campbell Hill: 4.8 mi
- Negro Hill: 4.9 mi
- Knott's Sky Park: 2.8 mi
- Bucklin Park: 2.9 mi
- Veteran's Park: 3.4 mi
- Joe Davis Park: 3.7 mi
- Luckie Park: 3.9 mi
- Valley of Kings: 5.4 mi
- Elton Mine: 5.7 mi
- Fortress Area: 5.7 mi
- Split Rock: 5.8 mi
- Super Dome: 5.8 mi
- Fortynine Palms Oasis Spring: 3.0 mi
- Pine Spring: 3.4 mi
- Johnson Spring: 6.0 mi
- Sneakeye Spring: 6.5 mi
- Quail Springs: 12.3 mi
- Minerva Hamilton Hoyt: 2.6 mi
- Eagle Cliff Boulder House: 4.9 mi
- Abandoned rusty car: 6.0 mi
- Abandoned rusty half-buried car: 6.0 mi
- Worth Bagley stone: 6.1 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 12.7 mi
- Desert View Conservation Area: 13.7 mi
- Indian Palms: 22.5 mi
- Pushwalla Palms: 22.6 mi
- Indiam Palms: 22.7 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum, Twentynine Palms Historical Society: 2.6 mi
- Keys Desert Queen Ranch: 7.4 mi
- JT&S Railroad Museum: 14.2 mi
- Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum: 15.1 mi
- Hi-Desert Nature Museum: 20.9 mi
- Orrery: 1.5 mi
- Rhythms of Life: 22.8 mi
- Atlatl: 22.9 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 9.0 mi
- Meditation Garden: 1.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Joshua Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail Mountain | WSW 241° | 1,772 m | 12.3 mi |
| Queen Mountain | SW 223° | 1,718 m | 3.8 mi |
| Inspiration Peak | SW 217° | 1,694 m | 13.6 mi |
| Eureka Peak | WSW 256° | 1,682 m | 17.5 mi |
| Ryan Mountain | SSW 212° | 1,663 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bernard Point | S 186° | 1,655 m | 15.6 mi |
| Mt. Minerva Hoyt | WSW 241° | 1,647 m | 11.3 mi |
| Lost Horse Mountain | SSW 204° | 1,609 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:01 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 56 | 62 | 68 | 76 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 83 | 71 | 59 | 51 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Twentynine Palms, 3 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Joshua Tree National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jul and Aug; busiest: Mar.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1660820 — Joshua Mountain, San Bernardino County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358808183
Day trips start here
- Twentynine Palms · 3 mi
- Joshua Tree · 15 mi
- Joshua Tree National Park · 16 mi
- Riverside County · 20 mi
- Yucca Valley · 21 mi
- Desert Hot Springs · 27 mi
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