Queen Mountain
Queen Mountain rises to 1,718 m in California. Quail Mountain stands 1,772 m to the west-southwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Negro Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. 251 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49066155, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,718 m
How to reach it
251 named places within 25 miles
- Solid Gold: 2.9 mi
- Figures on a Landscape: 2.9 mi
- Hunk Rock - East Face: 3.0 mi
- Hunk Rock - West Face: 3.0 mi
- Poker Face: 3.4 mi
- Negro Hill: 2.0 mi
- Echo Rock: 3.7 mi
- Joshua Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Echo Cove South Face: 3.9 mi
- Cyclops Rock: 4.3 mi
- Knott's Sky Park: 5.2 mi
- Bucklin Park: 6.2 mi
- Veteran's Park: 6.8 mi
- Joe Davis Park: 7.3 mi
- Luckie Park: 7.5 mi
- Fortress Area: 2.9 mi
- Valley of Kings: 3.0 mi
- Grey Giant: 3.1 mi
- Willow Hole: 3.3 mi
- Super Dome: 3.3 mi
- Pine Spring: 2.3 mi
- Fortynine Palms Oasis Spring: 3.7 mi
- Johnson Spring: 4.1 mi
- Sneakeye Spring: 4.7 mi
- Quail Springs: 9.1 mi
- Abandoned rusty car: 2.2 mi
- Abandoned rusty half-buried car: 2.2 mi
- Worth Bagley stone: 2.3 mi
- Windmill Pump: 2.5 mi
- Ruins of a house: 2.7 mi
- Keys Desert Queen Ranch: 4.0 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum, Twentynine Palms Historical Society: 6.2 mi
- JT&S Railroad Museum: 11.9 mi
- Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum: 14.6 mi
- Hi-Desert Nature Museum: 18.9 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 10.3 mi
- Desert View Conservation Area: 11.8 mi
- Indian Palms: 18.6 mi
- Pushwalla Palms: 18.8 mi
- Indiam Palms: 18.8 mi
- Orrery: 4.1 mi
- Rhythms of Life: 21.4 mi
- Atlatl: 21.4 mi
- Synergy: 23.8 mi
- Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 24.7 mi
- Meditation Garden: 4.1 mi
- University Park Community Gardens: 24.1 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 5.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Queen Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail Mountain | WSW 249° | 1,772 m | 8.7 mi |
| Inspiration Peak | SW 214° | 1,694 m | 9.8 mi |
| Eureka Peak | W 265° | 1,682 m | 14.4 mi |
| Ryan Mountain | SSW 204° | 1,663 m | 5.0 mi |
| Bernard Point | S 175° | 1,655 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mt. Minerva Hoyt | WSW 250° | 1,647 m | 7.8 mi |
| Lost Horse Mountain | SSW 195° | 1,609 m | 8.3 mi |
| Keys View | SSW 210° | 1,581 m | 10.1 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, 6 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 1661272 — Queen Mountain, San Bernardino County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358808569
Day trips start here
- Twentynine Palms · 6 mi
- Joshua Tree · 13 mi
- Joshua Tree National Park · 16 mi
- Riverside County · 17 mi
- Yucca Valley · 19 mi
- Desert Hot Springs · 24 mi
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