Crucero
Crucero is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 311 m. Cady Peak stands 1,407 m to the southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Crucero Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 43 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
human settlement in United States of America
How to reach it
- 22.1 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
43 named places within 25 miles
- Crucero Hill: 1.0 mi
- Noels Knoll: 7.2 mi
- Donnell Hill: 8.1 mi
- Chocolate Drop: 8.3 mi
- Cave Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Mesquite Spring: 3.2 mi
- Spring (Alkali): 5.8 mi
- Zzyzx Spring: 7.1 mi
- MC Spring: 7.3 mi
- Hyten Spring: 10.8 mi
- Rasor Ranch: 3.5 mi
- Francis Marion Borax Smith: 3.6 mi
- Buried Boxcars: 8.6 mi
- Project Carryall: 22.4 mi
- Tidewater and Tonopah Railroad: 22.4 mi
- Travelers Monument: 7.0 mi
- World's Tallest Thermometer: 16.0 mi
- Ludlow: 22.5 mi
- Silver Lake: 22.6 mi
- Mojave Megaphone: 3.4 mi
- Natural Arch: 12.0 mi
- Chet Hoffman Park: 16.8 mi
- Seventeenmile Point: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crucero. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cady Peak | SW 218° | 1,407 m | 15.3 mi |
| Old Dad Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,256 m | 17.6 mi |
| Sleeping Beauty | SSW 201° | 1,158 m | 19.5 mi |
| Cave Mountain | W 280° | 1,073 m | 9.1 mi |
| Broadwell Mesa | SSE 155° | 877 m | 11.6 mi |
| Pisgah Crater | SSW 210° | 753 m | 24.0 mi |
| Soldier Mountain | WSW 252° | 704 m | 24.4 mi |
| Cowhole Mountain | ENE 58° | 686 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:10 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:58 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 78 | 88 | 94 | 92 | 84 | 71 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Baker, 17 mi away.
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