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Wrights

Wrights from directly overhead

Wrights is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 302 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-southeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Ralph's Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away.

ghost town in Santa Clara County, California

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Coordinates37.13917, -121.94694
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
  • Friendship Park: 2.4 mi
  • Joe's Top of the Hill Memorial Park: 5.3 mi
  • Guadalupe Reservoir County Park: 5.5 mi
  • West Glenwood Preserve: 5.5 mi
  • Enchanted Valley Community Center: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Deer Flat Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
  • Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
  • Glen Bre Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Italianate Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Ksitigarbha Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Hakone Gardens: 9.4 mi
Beaches: 49
Waterfalls: 25
  • Maple Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Ferndell: 8.7 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 8.9 mi
Springs: 24
  • Cherry Springs: 3.9 mi
  • Badger Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 4.8 mi
  • Olive Springs: 5.8 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 12.7 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 13.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 14.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Wrights. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaESE 109°1,154 m6.0 mi
Crystal PeakESE 106°1,097 m6.4 mi
Mount UmunhumENE 61°1,063 m3.0 mi
Mount ThayerNE 42°1,061 m2.3 mi
Mount ChualESE 102°1,046 m6.4 mi
Mount BielawskiNW 306°985 m9.9 mi
Castle RockNW 307°979 m10.3 mi
El SombrosoNE 36°917 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586267707068625449
Precip in5.04.93.41.40.50.10.00.00.00.82.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 6 mi away.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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