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. The nearest named place is Rio Tinto Borax Mine Visitor Center, a museum 2.4 miles away. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
3.9 mi. W. of Boron
How to reach it
57 named places within 25 miles
- Mound: 3.6 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Haystack Butte: 11.3 mi
- Jackrabbit Hill: 11.6 mi
- Castle Butte: 11.7 mi
- 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
- Desert Tortoise Habitat Area: 16.2 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 21.6 mi
- Desert Tortoise Natural Area: 22.1 mi
- Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve: 22.5 mi
- 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
- X1 Loading Pit: 11.7 mi
- Fremont: 15.1 mi
- B-52: 9.4 mi
- Atolia: 22.2 mi
- 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
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/96679930
Take the scenic way to Boron Rest Area.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.