John Wilkie Safety Rest Area at Fenner
John Wilkie Safety Rest Area at Fenner is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 603 m. Edgar Peak stands 2,183 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is John Wilkie Rest Area at Fenner, a rest area less than a tenth of a mile away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Inscription
- John Wilkie 1998 -1997
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
90 named places within 25 miles
- Fenner Spring: 7.7 mi
- Hummingbird Spring: 8.1 mi
- Barrel Spring: 8.2 mi
- Chuckwalla Spring: 9.5 mi
- Desert Spring: 12.3 mi
- Blind Hills: 7.1 mi
- Halfway Hill: 7.6 mi
- Goffs Butte: 9.8 mi
- Castle Dome: 10.6 mi
- Mercury Mountain: 13.0 mi
- Pah-ute Creek: 11.5 mi
- Goffs Schoolhouse: 11.5 mi
- Army Camp at Goffs Desert Training Center: 11.5 mi
- Jack and Ida Mitchell: 13.5 mi
- Mitchell Cavern and Winding Stair Cave: 19.0 mi
- Essex: 5.5 mi
- Goffs: 11.6 mi
- Providence: 20.0 mi
- Providence Mountains State Recreation Area: 18.9 mi
- Mitchell Caverns State Park: 19.0 mi
- John Wilkie Rest Area at Fenner: 0.0 mi
- Goffs Schoolhouse: 11.5 mi
- Mojave Trails National Monument: 21.0 mi
- Petroglyphs: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of John Wilkie Safety Rest Area at Fenner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Peak | WNW 299° | 2,183 m | 20.6 mi |
| Fountain Peak | WNW 298° | 2,126 m | 20.3 mi |
| Table Top | NNW 338° | 1,884 m | 22.3 mi |
| Little Thorne Mountains | NNW 327° | 1,780 m | 22.6 mi |
| Columbia Mountain | NW 323° | 1,717 m | 23.7 mi |
| Twin Buttes | NNW 338° | 1,704 m | 21.5 mi |
| Hackberry Mountain | N 359° | 1,644 m | 16.7 mi |
| Wild Horse Mesa | NW 319° | 1,581 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:21 | 19:58 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:45 | 15:55 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 48 | 53 | 59 | 68 | 78 | 83 | 82 | 76 | 65 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mitchell Caverns, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5286860874
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