Negro Hill
Negro Hill rises to 1,483 m in California. Quail Mountain stands 1,772 m to the west, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Cliff Boulder House, a historic site 1.4 miles away. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Riverside County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49056619, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,483 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hunk Rock - East Face: 3.2 mi
- Hunk Rock - West Face: 3.2 mi
- Solid Gold: 3.6 mi
- Figures on a Landscape: 3.6 mi
- Snickers North Face: 3.7 mi
- Knott's Sky Park: 6.9 mi
- Bucklin Park: 7.7 mi
- Veteran's Park: 8.2 mi
- Joe Davis Park: 8.6 mi
- Luckie Park: 8.9 mi
- Queen Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Jumbo Rocks: 2.6 mi
- Ryan Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Echo Rock: 4.0 mi
- Echo Cove South Face: 4.1 mi
- Elton Mine: 1.6 mi
- Split Rock: 2.1 mi
- Face Rock: 2.3 mi
- Skull Rock: 2.5 mi
- Elephant Rock: 2.7 mi
- Pine Spring: 1.8 mi
- Fortynine Palms Oasis Spring: 5.6 mi
- Johnson Spring: 5.9 mi
- Sneakeye Spring: 6.4 mi
- Stubbe Spring: 9.8 mi
- Eagle Cliff Boulder House: 1.4 mi
- Worth Bagley stone: 2.8 mi
- Windmill Pump: 2.8 mi
- Abandoned rusty half-buried car: 2.8 mi
- Abandoned rusty car: 2.8 mi
- Keys Desert Queen Ranch: 5.0 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum, Twentynine Palms Historical Society: 7.5 mi
- JT&S Railroad Museum: 13.2 mi
- Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum: 16.4 mi
- Hi-Desert Nature Museum: 20.2 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 11.6 mi
- Desert View Conservation Area: 13.3 mi
- Indian Palms: 17.8 mi
- Pushwalla Palms: 17.8 mi
- Indiam Palms: 18.0 mi
- Orrery: 4.6 mi
- Rhythms of Life: 22.9 mi
- Synergy: 23.0 mi
- Atlatl: 23.0 mi
- Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 23.9 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 6.5 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Meditation Garden: 4.6 mi
- University Park Community Gardens: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Negro Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail Mountain | W 261° | 1,772 m | 9.0 mi |
| Queen Mountain | NNW 336° | 1,718 m | 2.0 mi |
| Inspiration Peak | SW 225° | 1,694 m | 8.9 mi |
| Eureka Peak | W 272° | 1,682 m | 15.2 mi |
| Ryan Mountain | SW 225° | 1,663 m | 4.0 mi |
| Bernard Point | S 178° | 1,655 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mt. Minerva Hoyt | W 264° | 1,647 m | 8.1 mi |
| Lost Horse Mountain | SSW 205° | 1,609 m | 6.9 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 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:01 | 16:40 |
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, 8 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 246459 — Negro Hill, Riverside County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358789656
Day trips start here
- Twentynine Palms · 8 mi
- Joshua Tree National Park · 14 mi
- Joshua Tree · 15 mi
- Riverside County · 16 mi
- Yucca Valley · 20 mi
- Indio · 23 mi
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