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Lane's Crossing

Lane's Crossing from directly overhead

Lane's Crossing is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 806 m. Wright Mountain stands 2,587 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Turner Springs, a spring 0.4 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off.

human settlement in United States of America

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Coordinates34.57500, -117.33222
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Rockview Nature Park: 0.8 mi
  • Cypress Pointe Park: 1.7 mi
  • Oro Grande Park: 1.7 mi
  • Grady Trammel Park: 2.5 mi
  • Village Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
  • Sugarloaf: 1.4 mi
  • Quartzite Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Macks Peak: 3.6 mi
  • Sparkhule Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Little Bell Mountain: 6.1 mi
Springs: 37
  • Turner Springs: 0.4 mi
  • R Z Spring: 12.5 mi
  • McInnis Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Isabelle Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Quail Spring: 14.5 mi
Historic sites: 12
Picnic sites: 12
  • Chamise: 19.2 mi
  • Live Oak Landing: 19.2 mi
  • Sycamore Landing: 19.2 mi
  • Cleghorn Day Use: 19.9 mi
  • Serrano Beach: 20.5 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Hamiltair Cove Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Tavern Bay Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Hamiltair community Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Penninsula Park Beach: 23.3 mi
  • Arrowhead Resort Beach: 23.7 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch: 8.0 mi
  • Route 66: 20.5 mi
  • New Jack City (Rock Climbing): 21.1 mi
  • Lake Arrowhead Queen: 23.8 mi
Museums: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Hesperia Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Middleman Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Aztec Falls: 23.5 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Old Town Arch: 3.5 mi
  • Mom: 13.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • High Desert Truck Stop: 4.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • shooting gallery: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Lane's Crossing. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wright MountainSW 226°2,587 m23.9 mi
White MountainSE 130°2,355 m23.8 mi
Table MountainWSW 237°2,288 m24.1 mi
North PeakSE 130°2,155 m22.5 mi
Gobblers KnobSW 220°2,115 m23.5 mi
East Table MountainSW 230°2,066 m22.2 mi
Shay MountainSE 143°2,032 m23.2 mi
Rattlesnake MountainSE 137°1,857 m20.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2819:01
June solstice05:3819:2920:06
September equinox06:3818:1418:48
December solstice06:5316:0516:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464853596675818074635245
Precip in1.01.30.80.30.10.00.20.10.20.30.40.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Victorville, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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