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Camp Cady Wildlife Area

Camp Cady Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Camp Cady Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 525 m. Ord Mountain stands 1,863 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 7.9 miles off. 97 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.

Camp Cady Wildlife Area does not require the purchase of a hunting pass for entry.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Department of Fish and Wildlife

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Getting there

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Coordinates34.93376, -116.62789
Around it

97 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 26
  • Newberry Springs Park: 8.6 mi
  • Yarrow Ravine Rattlesnake Habitat Area: 9.9 mi
  • Norman Smith Park: 11.3 mi
  • Fred Sandridge Sports Park: 11.3 mi
  • Yermo Sculpture Park: 12.2 mi
Peaks: 24
  • Harvard Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Soldier Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • The Knob: 4.7 mi
  • Black Butte: 6.6 mi
  • Buwalda Ridge: 6.8 mi
Springs: 18
  • Cady Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Newberry Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Jack Rabbit Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Kane Springs: 13.9 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Camp Cady Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark: 3.4 mi
  • Newberry Springs: 8.1 mi
  • Forks of the Road: 10.1 mi
  • Daggett Garage: 15.3 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Chinese Dissident: 12.2 mi
  • Chief Iron Horse: 12.2 mi
  • the tank man: 12.3 mi
  • 64: 12.3 mi
  • Mojave Megaphone: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Calico Early Man Site Visitor Center: 7.6 mi
  • Bagdad Cafe: 7.9 mi
  • CALICO: 13.4 mi
  • Rosita: 23.0 mi
Museums: 4
Nature reserves: 2
  • Camp Cady Wildlife Area: 1.0 mi
  • Rainbow Basin/Owl Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Kramer Arch: 12.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Cady Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ord MountainSSW 211°1,863 m20.9 mi
Rodman Mountains High PointS 180°1,833 m20.1 mi
East Ord MountainSSW 202°1,831 m21.6 mi
Goat MountainSW 222°1,502 m25.0 mi
Cady PeakESE 104°1,407 m17.2 mi
Calico PeakWNW 290°1,384 m12.7 mi
Lane MountainWNW 302°1,380 m20.7 mi
Calico PeakWNW 290°1,370 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:59
June solstice05:3419:2720:04
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5116:0116:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495359657484908981695647
Precip in0.60.70.40.20.10.00.30.20.20.20.30.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barstow-daggett AP, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1123778426

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