Pinto Mountain
Pinto Mountain rises to 1,173 m in California. Queen Mountain stands 1,718 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Ocotillo Patch, a attraction 6.3 miles away. 163 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,173 m
How to reach it
163 named places within 25 miles
- Hunk Rock - East Face: 20.2 mi
- Hunk Rock - West Face: 20.2 mi
- Snickers North Face: 20.7 mi
- Solid Gold: 20.7 mi
- Figures on a Landscape: 20.7 mi
- Humbug Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Monument Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Twentynine Palms Mountain: 11.3 mi
- France: 13.3 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 14.9 mi
- Ocotillo Patch: 6.3 mi
- Cholla Cactus Garden: 7.6 mi
- Heart Rock: 12.4 mi
- Arch Rock: 12.5 mi
- Elephant Rock: 15.1 mi
- Pinkham Spring: 6.8 mi
- Eagle Tank Spring: 12.8 mi
- Cotton Spring: 14.6 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 15.0 mi
- Wood Spring: 15.3 mi
- Eagle Cliff Boulder House: 15.7 mi
- Minerva Hamilton Hoyt: 18.2 mi
- Worth Bagley stone: 19.8 mi
- Windmill Pump: 19.9 mi
- Abandoned rusty half-buried car: 19.9 mi
- Joshua Tree National Park: 7.2 mi
- Wonder Valley Park: 15.9 mi
- Joe Davis Park: 19.0 mi
- Luckie Park: 19.2 mi
- Bucklin Park: 19.4 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 23.5 mi
- Meditation Garden: 16.0 mi
- Orrery: 16.0 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pinto Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Mountain | WNW 292° | 1,718 m | 18.5 mi |
| Inspiration Peak | W 267° | 1,694 m | 22.7 mi |
| Ryan Mountain | W 277° | 1,663 m | 19.3 mi |
| Bernard Point | WSW 250° | 1,655 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mt. Minerva Hoyt | W 280° | 1,647 m | 24.8 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,631 m | 14.9 mi |
| Lost Horse Mountain | W 267° | 1,609 m | 19.3 mi |
| Keys View | W 265° | 1,581 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:45 | 16:00 | 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, 18 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 247539 — Pinto Mountain, Riverside County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358790639
Day trips start here
- Joshua Tree National Park · 6 mi
- Riverside County · 20 mi
- Twentynine Palms · 20 mi
- Coachella · 29 mi
- Indio · 30 mi
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