Mount Mesa
Mount Mesa rises to 966 m in California. Sandrocks stands 1,326 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary, a nature reserve 5.3 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49053621, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 966 m
How to reach it
- 25.9 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
114 named places within 25 miles
- Branch Memorial Park: 8.5 mi
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park: 9.3 mi
- Stephen Sorensen Park: 11.8 mi
- Onizuka Park: 12.6 mi
- Corvais Community Park: 13.2 mi
- Little Butte: 6.4 mi
- Jackrabbit Hill: 6.5 mi
- Saddleback Butte: 6.8 mi
- Adobe Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Piute Butte: 8.9 mi
- B-52: 16.1 mi
- F-4 Phantom II: 20.6 mi
- D-21: 20.7 mi
- SR-71: 20.7 mi
- U-2: 20.8 mi
- Antelope Valley State Indian Museum: 9.3 mi
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum: 12.3 mi
- Century Circle: 13.4 mi
- Boron Aerospace Museum: 17.3 mi
- Twenty Mule Team Museum: 17.3 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 11.5 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 12.9 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 18.2 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 24.3 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 10.1 mi
- Llano del Rio: 18.6 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 20.7 mi
- Lovejoy Springs: 11.9 mi
- Moody Springs: 12.0 mi
- One Desert Sky: 19.8 mi
- Astral Challenger: 20.1 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 6.2 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 18.6 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandrocks | S 191° | 1,326 m | 24.2 mi |
| Silver Peak | E 100° | 1,220 m | 14.0 mi |
| Cima Mesa | SSW 204° | 1,215 m | 23.6 mi |
| Black Butte | SSE 167° | 1,093 m | 15.4 mi |
| Saddleback Butte | S 186° | 1,077 m | 6.8 mi |
| Red Buttes | ENE 77° | 1,037 m | 14.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSE 147° | 1,033 m | 15.0 mi |
| Haystack Butte | ENE 57° | 1,030 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 47 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 75 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Mirage, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 245810 — Mount Mesa, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358789083
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