Duke Watkins Park
Duke Watkins Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 178 m. Mount Nutt stands 1,522 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Duke Watkins Park Marker, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 178 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Needles
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
- 8.1 mi off the Old Route 66 - Oatman Road
- 8.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tri-State Viewpoint · 20 mi
118 named places within 25 miles
- Needles Municipal Aquatics Center: 0.1 mi
- Jo Jo Garcia Memorial Sports Complex: 0.2 mi
- Needles Housing Authority Park: 0.4 mi
- Train Park: 0.5 mi
- Santa Fe Park: 0.5 mi
- Red Spring: 9.4 mi
- Sacramento Springs: 9.9 mi
- Flattop Mountain Spring: 11.2 mi
- Jackpot Spring: 14.6 mi
- Warm Springs: 17.8 mi
- Eagle Peak: 9.0 mi
- Whale Mountain: 11.3 mi
- Flattop Mountain: 12.1 mi
- McHeffy Butte: 13.4 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 15.1 mi
- Duke Watkins Park Marker: 0.0 mi
- National Old Trails: 1.0 mi
- Oatman: 9.1 mi
- Von Schmidt State Boundary: 12.6 mi
- Fort Mohave: 14.3 mi
- Historic Route 66 California Gateway: 5.6 mi
- Scooter's Family Fun Center: 17.2 mi
- Oatman Jail: 18.4 mi
- Shootin' Gallery: 18.5 mi
- Desert Dig-ins: 18.5 mi
- Needles Regional Museum: 0.5 mi
- Cool Springs Stations Museum: 21.7 mi
- Don Laughlin's Classic Auto Exhibition Hall: 23.0 mi
- Don Laughlin's Classic Car Collection - First Floor Showroom: 23.0 mi
- Colorado River Museum: 23.7 mi
- Mohave City: 14.1 mi
- Oatman: 18.5 mi
- Polhamus Landing: 24.7 mi
- Bella's Garden: 17.2 mi
- Prayer Garden: 18.0 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 14.5 mi
- Big Bend Conservation Area: 18.7 mi
- Poki, World's Largest Desert Tortoise: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Duke Watkins Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nutt | NE 40° | 1,522 m | 22.8 mi |
| Battleship Mountain | NE 39° | 1,258 m | 21.0 mi |
| Thimble Mountain | NE 51° | 1,195 m | 22.7 mi |
| Black Mesa | ENE 64° | 1,169 m | 18.1 mi |
| Homer Mountain | NW 308° | 1,129 m | 22.1 mi |
| Ute Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,101 m | 16.6 mi |
| Mount Manchester | NNW 330° | 1,090 m | 15.3 mi |
| Chemehuevi Peak | S 172° | 1,082 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:19 | 19:56 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:03 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 06:43 | 15:53 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 56 | 60 | 67 | 74 | 83 | 93 | 99 | 97 | 90 | 77 | 64 | 55 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Needles AP, 5 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle38 obs
- Creosote Bush35 obs
- Turkey Vulture10 obs
- American Coot8 obs
- Rock Pigeon8 obs
- Abert's Towhee8 obs
- Citrine Forktail8 obs
- Round-tailed Ground Squirrel8 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/486674212
Day trips start here
- Needles · 0 mi
- Topock · 11 mi
- Oatman · 18 mi
- Laughlin · 21 mi
- Bullhead City · 22 mi
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