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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
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
Attractions
Museums
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
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks: 56
Picnic sites: 49
  • 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
  • Gateway Pavilion: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 47
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
Waterfalls: 23
  • 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
Cliffs: 11
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 12.7 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 13.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
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 PrietaESE1,154 m6.0 mi
Crystal PeakESE1,097 m6.4 mi
Mount UmunhumENE1,063 m3.0 mi
Mount ThayerNE1,061 m2.3 mi
Mount ChualESE1,046 m6.4 mi
Mount BielawskiNW985 m9.9 mi
Castle RockNW979 m10.3 mi
El SombrosoNE917 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.

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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