Quail Mountain
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Quail Mountain rises to 1,772 m in California. Queen Mountain stands 1,718 m to the east-northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt. Minerva Hoyt, a peak 0.9 miles away.
The story
Quail Mountain, at 5,816 feet (1,773 m), is the highest mountain in Joshua Tree National Park and the highest point in the Little San Bernardino Mountains. It is one of the southernmost peaks in the Transverse Ranges, with the Peninsular Ranges just across the Colorado Desert and Coachella Valley.
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Wikidata Q7268499, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1772 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mt. Minerva Hoyt: 0.9 mi
- Sports Challenge Rock: 4.2 mi
- Pappy: 4.2 mi
- Locomotion Rock: 4.2 mi
- Turtle Rock: 4.3 mi
- Trashcan Rock - West Face: 3.4 mi
- Trashcan Rock - East Face: 3.4 mi
- Lower Freeway Wall: 3.7 mi
- Upper Freeway Wall: 3.8 mi
- Dairy Queen Right: 3.8 mi
- Friendly Hills Park: 9.0 mi
- Machris Park: 9.5 mi
- Community Park: 9.5 mi
- Sunburst Park: 9.9 mi
- Memory Garden: 10.1 mi
- Quail Springs Rock Exhibit Area: 3.4 mi
- Fry Boulders: 4.9 mi
- Middle Kingdom: 5.2 mi
- Hall of Horrors: 5.4 mi
- Hall of Horrors: 5.4 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 5.6 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 6.8 mi
- Desert View Conservation Area: 8.0 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 8.5 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 8.8 mi
- Keys Desert Queen Ranch: 4.9 mi
- JT&S Railroad Museum: 6.7 mi
- Hi-Desert Nature Museum: 12.9 mi
- Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum: 13.3 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum, Twentynine Palms Historical Society: 14.0 mi
- Meditation Garden: 12.8 mi
- University Park Community Gardens: 17.2 mi
- Wildflower Field: 18.3 mi
- Sunnylands Center and Gardens: 18.3 mi
- West Gardens: 18.4 mi
- Quail Springs: 2.3 mi
- Stubbe Spring: 3.1 mi
- Stubbe Spring: 3.1 mi
- Covington Spring: 3.2 mi
- Sneakeye Spring: 7.1 mi
- Samuelson Rocks: 2.8 mi
- Gram Parsons: 4.6 mi
- wind mill: 5.6 mi
- ore stamp: 5.6 mi
- Ruins of a house: 6.1 mi
- Orrery: 12.8 mi
- Rhythms of Life: 16.7 mi
- Atlatl: 16.7 mi
- Synergy: 16.9 mi
- Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 17.4 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 3.4 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
- Delos Bench: 18.8 mi
- Mission Creek Preserve: 22.1 mi
- Bent Palm Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Dry Falls: 22.6 mi
- Tahquitz Falls: 23.1 mi
- Whitewater Adobe Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Whitewater Rest Area: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Quail Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,718 m | 8.7 mi |
| Inspiration Peak | SSE 152° | 1,694 m | 5.6 mi |
| Eureka Peak | WNW 286° | 1,682 m | 6.5 mi |
| Chaparrosa Peak | WNW 298° | 1,679 m | 20.9 mi |
| Ryan Mountain | ESE 103° | 1,663 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bernard Point | SE 136° | 1,655 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mt. Minerva Hoyt | ENE 62° | 1,647 m | 0.9 mi |
| Lost Horse Mountain | SE 129° | 1,609 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:34 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 16:02 | 16:40 |
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 | 62 | 70 | 78 | 86 | 85 | 78 | 67 | 56 | 48 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joshua Tree, 10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358790889
Day trips start here
- Joshua Tree · 10 mi
- Twentynine Palms · 13 mi
- Yucca Valley · 13 mi
- Desert Hot Springs · 15 mi
- Riverside County · 16 mi
- Cathedral City · 19 mi
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