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Boron Rest Area
Boron Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 720 m. Red Mountain stands 1,580 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
3.9 mi. W. of Boron
How to reach it
Coordinates35.00573, -117.71876
59 named places within 25 miles
Peaks: 26
- Mound: 3.6 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Haystack Butte: 11.3 mi
- Jackrabbit Hill: 11.6 mi
- Castle Butte: 11.7 mi
Parks: 15
- Boron Park: 3.9 mi
- Pioneer Park: 3.9 mi
- North Edwards Park: 6.1 mi
- H Park: 13.0 mi
- Onizuka Park: 13.0 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Desert Tortoise Habitat Area: 16.2 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 21.6 mi
- Desert Tortoise Natural Area: 22.1 mi
Museums: 5
- Rio Tinto Borax Mine Visitor Center: 2.4 mi
- Boron Aerospace Museum: 3.8 mi
- Twenty Mule Team Museum: 3.9 mi
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum: 13.1 mi
- Century Circle: 18.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
- X1 Loading Pit: 11.7 mi
- Fremont: 15.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Boron Rest Area: 0.2 mi
Attractions: 1
- B-52: 9.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Atolia: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boron Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Mountain | NNE 18° | 1,580 m | 24.9 mi |
| Government Peak | N 6° | 1,419 m | 24.0 mi |
| Fremont Peak | NE 49° | 1,362 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sidney Peak | N 3° | 1,309 m | 22.1 mi |
| Silver Peak | SSE 151° | 1,220 m | 21.0 mi |
| Saddleback Butte | S 191° | 1,077 m | 23.2 mi |
| Red Buttes | SE 142° | 1,037 m | 16.4 mi |
| Haystack Butte | SSE 149° | 1,030 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:31 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:05 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mojave, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
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