Live Oak Picnic Area
Live Oak Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,291 m. Quail Mountain stands 1,772 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Face Rock, a attraction 0.5 miles away. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hunk Rock - East Face: 5.5 mi
- Hunk Rock - West Face: 5.5 mi
- Snickers North Face: 6.0 mi
- Poker Face: 6.0 mi
- Mounds - Deep Throat: 6.0 mi
- Knott's Sky Park: 8.8 mi
- Bucklin Park: 9.3 mi
- Joshua Tree National Park: 9.6 mi
- Veteran's Park: 9.8 mi
- Joe Davis Park: 10.0 mi
- Jumbo Rocks: 0.8 mi
- Negro Hill: 2.7 mi
- Queen Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Malapai Hill: 4.7 mi
- Ryan Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Face Rock: 0.5 mi
- Skull Rock: 0.6 mi
- Split Rock: 0.7 mi
- Elephant Rock: 0.7 mi
- Elton Mine: 1.1 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 14.1 mi
- Desert View Conservation Area: 15.9 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 16.2 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 16.9 mi
- Mojave Desert Land Trust: 17.6 mi
- Pine Spring: 3.0 mi
- Fortynine Palms Oasis Spring: 7.9 mi
- Johnson Spring: 8.5 mi
- Sneakeye Spring: 9.1 mi
- Stubbe Spring: 11.0 mi
- Eagle Cliff Boulder House: 1.6 mi
- Windmill Pump: 5.2 mi
- Worth Bagley stone: 5.2 mi
- Abandoned Rusty Car: 5.3 mi
- Abandoned rusty half-buried car: 5.3 mi
- Keys Desert Queen Ranch: 7.5 mi
- Old Schoolhouse Museum, Twentynine Palms Historical Society: 9.0 mi
- JT&S Railroad Museum: 15.7 mi
- Noah Purifoy Outdoor Desert Art Museum: 19.1 mi
- Cabazon Cultural Museum: 20.9 mi
- Orrery: 5.5 mi
- Synergy: 23.2 mi
- Morning Light, Evening Light, and Dreaming Cahuilla Basketry: 24.3 mi
- Meditation Garden: 5.4 mi
- University Park Community Gardens: 23.5 mi
- Quail Springs Picknic area: 8.8 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Live Oak Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail Mountain | W 272° | 1,772 m | 10.9 mi |
| Queen Mountain | NW 322° | 1,718 m | 4.5 mi |
| Inspiration Peak | WSW 241° | 1,694 m | 9.5 mi |
| Eureka Peak | W 277° | 1,682 m | 17.3 mi |
| Ryan Mountain | WSW 258° | 1,663 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bernard Point | S 191° | 1,655 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mt. Minerva Hoyt | W 275° | 1,647 m | 10.1 mi |
| Lost Horse Mountain | SW 228° | 1,609 m | 6.6 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 | 19:22 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:09 | 18:42 |
| 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, 9 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/3424325250
Day trips start here
- Twentynine Palms · 10 mi
- Joshua Tree National Park · 12 mi
- Riverside County · 14 mi
- Joshua Tree · 18 mi
- Indio · 22 mi
- Coachella · 23 mi
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