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Manny Morris Park

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Manny Morris Park is a park in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 145 m. Mount Nutt stands 1,522 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bob Belt's Beach Park, a park 0.1 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 120 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
145 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Needles

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.84627, -114.60123

Overlooks nearby

Around it

120 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 30
Springs: 29
  • Red Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Sacramento Springs: 10.2 mi
  • Flattop Mountain Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Jackpot Spring: 14.6 mi
  • Warm Springs: 16.9 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Eagle Peak: 9.9 mi
  • Whale Mountain: 11.7 mi
  • McHeffy Butte: 12.5 mi
  • Flattop Mountain: 12.9 mi
  • Boundary Cone: 14.2 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • National Old Trails: 0.6 mi
  • Duke Watkins Park Marker: 1.0 mi
  • Oatman: 8.4 mi
  • Von Schmidt State Boundary: 12.1 mi
  • Fort Mohave: 13.7 mi
Attractions: 7
Museums: 5
  • Needles Regional Museum: 0.5 mi
  • Cool Springs Stations Museum: 20.8 mi
  • Don Laughlin's Classic Auto Exhibition Hall: 22.2 mi
  • Don Laughlin's Classic Car Collection - First Floor Showroom: 22.3 mi
  • Colorado River Museum: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Bella's Garden: 16.5 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Red Rock Falls: 14.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Big Bend Conservation Area: 18.1 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Poki, World's Largest Desert Tortoise: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Laughlin Brake Check Rest Area: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Manny Morris Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NuttNE 40°1,522 m21.8 mi
Battleship MountainNE 38°1,258 m20.1 mi
Thimble MountainNE 51°1,195 m21.7 mi
Black MesaENE 65°1,169 m17.2 mi
Homer MountainNW 306°1,129 m22.3 mi
Ute MountainENE 59°1,101 m15.7 mi
Mount ManchesterNNW 326°1,090 m15.1 mi
Chemehuevi PeakS 174°1,082 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4318:1718:50
June solstice05:2619:1819:56
September equinox06:2718:0318:37
December solstice07:4316:5317:32

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F566067748393999790776455
Precip in0.70.80.50.20.10.00.30.40.30.20.30.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Needles AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great-tailed Grackle53 obs
  • Creosote Bush27 obs
  • Rock Pigeon12 obs
  • Turkey Vulture9 obs
  • American Coot8 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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/913507654

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