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Where the Old Barbara Worth Hotel Stood

Where the Old Barbara Worth Hotel Stood from directly overhead

Where the Old Barbara Worth Hotel Stood is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of -13 m. Superstition Mountain stands 217 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Historical Watering Trough, a historic site 0.2 miles away. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
For more than 47 years, the Barbara Worth Hotel was the center of Imperial Valley's community life, where hundreds of social events took place. The El Centro Rotary Club was organized in June1921 and met in the hotel until it burned on January 21, 1962.

How to reach it

Coordinates32.79296, -115.55921

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Adams Park: 0.3 mi
  • Adams Park: 0.4 mi
  • Swarthout Field: 0.6 mi
  • Frazier Field: 0.7 mi
  • Bucklin Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites: 10
Artworks: 5
  • He is Risen: 0.2 mi
  • Forjador de Ilusiones: 9.8 mi
  • Monumento a Alvaro Obregón: 10.4 mi
  • geoglyph: 20.4 mi
  • Yuha Geoglyph: 20.7 mi
Museums: 4
  • Pioneers Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Museo Wok: 9.8 mi
  • Museo del Agua CESPM: 9.9 mi
  • ICC museo UABC: 10.7 mi
Peaks: 4
  • Sunrise Butte: 18.9 mi
  • Superstition Mountain: 19.0 mi
  • Deer Peak: 20.0 mi
  • East Mesa: 22.8 mi
Attractions: 2
  • California Midwinter Fairgrounds: 3.1 mi
  • Crucifixion thorn: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Jamie Obeso Sunbeam Rest Area: 6.5 mi
  • Jamie Obeso Sunbeam Rest Area: 6.6 mi
Hot springs: 2
  • Holtville Hot Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Five Palms: 19.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Sonny Bono Salton Sea NWR Unit 1: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Where the Old Barbara Worth Hotel Stood. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Superstition MountainNW 306°217 m19.0 mi
Sunrise ButteWSW 244°118 m18.9 mi
Deer PeakENE 68°37 m20.0 mi
East MesaNE 37°27 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2218:54
June solstice05:3519:1819:54
September equinox06:3118:0818:40
December solstice06:4216:0316:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–May.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F576066727987939388776556
Precip in0.40.40.30.10.00.00.10.20.30.20.20.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Centro 2 SSW, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5749847887

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