Valley Mountain
Valley Mountain rises to 685 m in California. Quail Mountain stands 1,772 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Wonder Valley Park, a park 5.1 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 170 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49086820, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 685 m
How to reach it
- 25.7 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
170 named places within 25 miles
- Feudal Wall: 13.7 mi
- Varnished Wall: 13.7 mi
- Pixie Rock: 13.7 mi
- The Bilbo Buttresses: 13.7 mi
- Campfire Crag - North Face: 13.8 mi
- Campbell Hill: 5.2 mi
- Donnell Hill: 8.1 mi
- Chocolate Drop: 8.3 mi
- Joshua Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Twentynine Palms Mountain: 11.1 mi
- David Knopp: 13.0 mi
- Valley of Kings: 14.3 mi
- Super Dome: 14.6 mi
- Fortress Area: 14.8 mi
- Willow Hole: 14.8 mi
- Wonder Valley Park: 5.1 mi
- LCPL Gray Parade Field: 5.2 mi
- Luckie Park: 6.2 mi
- Joe Davis Park: 6.4 mi
- Range 410: 6.5 mi
- Minerva Hamilton Hoyt: 7.3 mi
- Eagle Cliff Boulder House: 14.5 mi
- Abandoned rusty car: 15.7 mi
- Abandoned rusty half-buried car: 15.7 mi
- Worth Bagley stone: 15.9 mi
- Fortynine Palms Oasis Spring: 11.0 mi
- Pine Spring: 13.2 mi
- Johnson Spring: 14.2 mi
- Sneakeye Spring: 14.4 mi
- Surprise Spring: 15.5 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum, Twentynine Palms Historical Society: 7.6 mi
- Keys Desert Queen Ranch: 16.5 mi
- Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum: 18.3 mi
- JT&S Railroad Museum: 21.1 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 15.5 mi
- Desert View Conservation Area: 19.8 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 18.0 mi
- Orrery: 10.3 mi
- Meditation Garden: 10.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Valley Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail Mountain | SW 227° | 1,772 m | 21.4 mi |
| Queen Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,718 m | 13.7 mi |
| Inspiration Peak | SSW 214° | 1,694 m | 23.4 mi |
| Ryan Mountain | SSW 211° | 1,663 m | 18.6 mi |
| Mt. Minerva Hoyt | SW 226° | 1,647 m | 20.5 mi |
| Lost Horse Mountain | SSW 206° | 1,609 m | 21.7 mi |
| Keys View | SSW 212° | 1,581 m | 23.7 mi |
| Nolina Peak | WSW 246° | 1,490 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:23 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358794004
Day trips start here
- Twentynine Palms · 8 mi
- Joshua Tree · 21 mi
- Joshua Tree National Park · 22 mi
- Yucca Valley · 27 mi
- Riverside County · 30 mi
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