Pisgah Crater
Pisgah Crater rises to 753 m in California. Rodman Mountains High Point stands 1,833 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sleeping Beauty, a peak 5.6 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
Pisgah Crater, or Pisgah Volcano, is a young volcanic cinder cone rising above a lava plain in the Mojave Desert, between Barstow and Needles, California in San Bernardino County, California. The volcanic peak is around 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of historic U.S. Route 66-National Old Trails Highway and of Interstate 40, and west of the town of Ludlow. The volcano had a historic elevation of 2,638 feet (804 m), but has been reduced to 2,545 feet (776 m) due to mining.
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Wikidata Q7198281, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 753 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
46 named places within 25 miles
- Sleeping Beauty: 5.6 mi
- Sunshine Peak: 7.2 mi
- Cady Peak: 9.1 mi
- Argos Mountain: 10.9 mi
- Sand Hill: 11.3 mi
- Project Carryall: 12.2 mi
- Tidewater and Tonopah Railroad: 12.2 mi
- Newberry Springs: 18.5 mi
- Camp Cady Monument: 18.7 mi
- Open Pit Mine: 19.5 mi
- Sheep Springs: 13.1 mi
- Cady Spring: 17.8 mi
- Newberry Spring: 18.0 mi
- Kane Springs: 18.2 mi
- Mesquite Spring: 20.8 mi
- Newberry Springs Park: 17.0 mi
- Range 630: 21.0 mi
- Desert Oasis Rest Area: 9.1 mi
- Natural Arch: 18.2 mi
- Camp Cady Wildlife Area: 18.6 mi
- Mojave Megaphone: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pisgah Crater. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rodman Mountains High Point | WSW 244° | 1,833 m | 16.1 mi |
| East Ord Mountain | WSW 252° | 1,831 m | 23.4 mi |
| Cady Peak | NNE 15° | 1,407 m | 9.1 mi |
| Argos Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,365 m | 10.9 mi |
| Sunshine Peak | SSW 197° | 1,343 m | 7.2 mi |
| Red Hill | WSW 237° | 1,338 m | 18.6 mi |
| Hidalgo Mountain | S 170° | 1,325 m | 22.3 mi |
| Sleeping Beauty | ENE 63° | 1,158 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:11 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:00 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 53 | 59 | 65 | 74 | 84 | 90 | 89 | 81 | 69 | 56 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barstow-daggett AP, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358790676
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