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Bill Kenyon Memorial

Bill Kenyon Memorial from directly overhead

Bill Kenyon Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 560 m. Hot Springs Mountain stands 1,985 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is cactus loop trail, a park 1.3 miles away.

dedication to park superintendent

How to reach it

Coordinates33.14363, -116.35253

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Round Granite Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Sunset Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Wilson: 5.2 mi
  • Sentenac Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Metate Hill: 6.4 mi
Springs
  • Yaqui Well: 2.1 mi
  • Blue Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Tubb Canyon Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Middle Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Middle Spring: 6.1 mi
Artworks: 44
  • Carnotaurus / Allosaurus: 3.8 mi
  • Utahraptor: 3.8 mi
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex: 3.9 mi
  • Spinosaurus: 3.9 mi
  • Aiolornis w/ Prey: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 22
  • Grinding Rock: 7.6 mi
  • Grinding Rock: 7.7 mi
  • Pictograph Trailhead: 8.6 mi
  • Mortero Trailhead: 9.4 mi
  • Palm Grove: 10.5 mi
Parks: 17
  • cactus loop trail: 1.3 mi
  • Borrego Springs County Park: 7.7 mi
  • Vallecito Stage Station County Park: 11.6 mi
  • Volcan Mountains Wilderness Preserve: 13.5 mi
  • Jess Martin County Park: 14.8 mi
Historic sites: 15
Picnic sites: 6
  • Day Use Picnic Site: 1.3 mi
  • BBQ Area: 7.4 mi
  • Pioneer Mail Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
  • Picnic Table: 18.1 mi
  • Desert View Picnic Area: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Maidenhair Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Three Sisters Waterfalls: 22.7 mi
  • Mildred Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Cottonwood Creek: 23.7 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Museums: 3
Gardens: 2
  • desert garden: 1.3 mi
  • Stuart Alan Whitmore Memorial Garden: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Broken Ankle Bend: 6.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Warner Hot Spring: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Bill Kenyon Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hot Springs MountainNW 312°1,985 m17.7 mi
Cuyamaca PeakSW 227°1,979 m20.0 mi
Monument PeakSSW 193°1,904 m17.8 mi
Wooded HillSSW 194°1,894 m20.8 mi
Stephenson PeakS 191°1,889 m18.8 mi
San Ysidro MountainNW 312°1,873.6 m11.4 mi
Piñon PointSSW 191°1,832 m19.3 mi
North PeakSW 235°1,826 m16.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:57
June solstice05:3819:2219:58
September equinox06:3418:1118:44
December solstice06:4616:0516:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F586065717886929286766557
Precip in1.21.20.60.20.00.00.30.30.20.20.20.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Borrego Desert Park, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4668780968

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