Lovejoy Buttes
Lovejoy Buttes rises to 983 m in California. Mount Baden-Powell stands 2,860 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Stephen Sorensen Park, a park 1.1 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 194 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49047004, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 983 m
How to reach it
- 28.8 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
194 named places within 25 miles
- Rocky Buttes: 3.3 mi
- Alpine Butte: 3.4 mi
- Piute Butte: 3.9 mi
- Saddleback Butte: 6.0 mi
- Little Butte: 6.1 mi
- Stephen Sorensen Park: 1.1 mi
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park: 3.4 mi
- Jackie Robinson Park: 7.2 mi
- Avenue T Park: 7.4 mi
- Pearblossom Park: 7.8 mi
- Lovejoy Springs: 1.2 mi
- Moody Springs: 8.1 mi
- Moss Spring: 15.4 mi
- Icy Springs: 15.9 mi
- Reed Spring: 16.2 mi
- Sandrocks: 12.6 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 13.2 mi
- D-21: 13.3 mi
- SR-71: 13.3 mi
- A-12: 13.4 mi
- Antelope Valley State Indian Museum: 3.3 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 13.4 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 13.5 mi
- Museum of Art and History: 17.8 mi
- Century Circle: 20.2 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 6.3 mi
- Jackson Lake: 16.1 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 17.2 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Llano del Rio: 6.7 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 17.2 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 17.6 mi
- In the Pines: 17.9 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 20.6 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.5 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 7.6 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.5 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 10.4 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 20.1 mi
- Astral Challenger: 15.4 mi
- One Desert Sky: 17.1 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 15.8 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 16.9 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 6.7 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 12.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lovejoy Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baden-Powell | SSE 164° | 2,860 m | 17.5 mi |
| Throop Peak | S 170° | 2,779 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Burnham | SSE 167° | 2,740 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Hawkins | S 172° | 2,677 m | 18.2 mi |
| Middle Hawkins | S 173° | 2,593 m | 18.6 mi |
| Wright Mountain | SE 146° | 2,587 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Lewis | S 171° | 2,546 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Islip | S 178° | 2,518 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearblossom, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358808287
Day trips start here
- Palmdale · 14 mi
- Adelanto · 24 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 25 mi
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