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1983 Winter Transit Memorial

1983 Winter Transit Memorial from directly overhead

1983 Winter Transit Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,511 m. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the south, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Wright Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
Jodi & Jerry They loved and lived and lost their lives off this trail 1983. Remembered always, here today, and evermore. May 25th 2016 Love, Mom and Linda
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.33633, -117.63897
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Wright Mountain: 0.3 mi
  • Pine Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • East Table Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • Dawson Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Wild View Peak: 2.6 mi
Parks
  • Wrightwood Veteran’s Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
  • Hollis M. Stewart Children’s Park: 1.7 mi
  • Vivian Null Park: 1.7 mi
  • Phelan Community Park: 7.1 mi
  • Piñon Hills Park: 7.1 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts: 12.2 mi
  • Western Junipers: 15.7 mi
  • Conifer Country: 15.7 mi
  • Nutall's Scrub Oaks: 15.8 mi
  • Baja California: 15.8 mi
Historic sites: 47
Museums: 36
Springs: 32
  • Guffy Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Columbine Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Lamel Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Icy Springs: 8.2 mi
  • Forked Spruce Spring: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 25
  • William G. Kerckhoff 1856-1929: 12.9 mi
  • On Point: 15.4 mi
  • Madonna of the Trail: 15.8 mi
  • Intersections II: 15.9 mi
  • Pomegranate Trees: 16.2 mi
Picnic sites: 24
Nature reserves: 23
Waterfalls: 12
Attractions: 9
Rest areas: 2
  • Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
  • High Desert Truck Stop: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
  • shooting gallery: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of 1983 Winter Transit Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount San AntonioS3,068 m3.3 mi
West BaldySSW3,044 m3.5 mi
Pine MountainSSW2,942 m1.6 mi
Dawson PeakS2,917 m2.3 mi
Mount HarwoodS2,907 m3.5 mi
Mount Baden-PowellWNW2,860 m7.3 mi
Throop PeakW2,779 m9.2 mi
Mount BurnhamW2,740 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2919:03
June solstice05:4019:3020:07
September equinox06:3918:1618:49
December solstice06:5416:0716:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373642465461686761514236
Precip in4.44.91.90.80.80.11.10.30.41.21.14.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wrightwood, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13298660709

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