Lost Palms Oasis
Lost Palms Oasis is a spring in California, at a modelled elevation of 963 m. Bernard Point stands 1,655 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Summit Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.
How to reach it
59 named places within 25 miles
- Summit Spring: 1.0 mi
- Wood Spring: 3.1 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 3.2 mi
- Cotton Spring: 3.4 mi
- Hayfield Spring: 9.5 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Mastodon Peak: 2.6 mi
- Buried Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Cottonwood Point: 8.3 mi
- Orocopia Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Tank Yard: 4.2 mi
- Costa Mesa Lot: 15.1 mi
- Ocotillo Patch: 16.9 mi
- Cholla Cactus Garden: 17.5 mi
- Arch Rock: 23.8 mi
- North Shore Community Park: 15.4 mi
- Parque De Pueblo: 15.8 mi
- Joshua Tree National Park: 16.7 mi
- Edmund C Jaeger Nature Sanctuary: 18.4 mi
- Mecca Sports Complex: 20.4 mi
- Camp Young: 3.7 mi
- General George S. Patton Statue: 4.2 mi
- Shaver's Well: 11.1 mi
- General George S. Patton Museum: 4.2 mi
- Salton Sea History Museum & Visitor Center: 16.7 mi
- Cabazon Cultural Museum: 24.7 mi
- Sneaker Beach: 16.8 mi
- Betz Beach: 17.3 mi
- Salton Beach: 18.2 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 18.9 mi
- Da Vinci Fish: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lost Palms Oasis. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernard Point | WNW 301° | 1,655 m | 21.2 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,631 m | 2.5 mi |
| Monument Mountain | NW 312° | 1,419 m | 10.4 mi |
| Cottonwood Point | W 274° | 1,349 m | 8.3 mi |
| Malapai Hill | NW 310° | 1,304 m | 24.4 mi |
| Pilot Mountain | ESE 111° | 1,235 m | 24.4 mi |
| Pinto Mountain | N 353° | 1,173 m | 16.8 mi |
| Orocopia Mountain | S 186° | 1,117 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:21 | 19:57 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:45 | 16:01 | 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 | 55 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 82 | 88 | 88 | 82 | 71 | 60 | 52 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chiriaco Summit, 4 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).
- California Barrel Cactus141 obs
- California fan palm137 obs
- Common Chuckwalla118 obs
- Bigelow's nolina110 obs
- Mojave Woodyaster109 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard100 obs
- ocotillo82 obs
- Zebra-tailed Lizard78 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3454964017
Day trips start here
- Joshua Tree National Park · 15 mi
- Riverside County · 20 mi
- Coachella · 24 mi
- Indio · 27 mi
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