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Waterman Park

Waterman Park from directly overhead

Waterman Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 646 m. Ord Mountain stands 1,863 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Western America Railroad Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway runs past it. 122 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
646 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.90203, -117.02401

122 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 42
  • Lillian Park: 0.7 mi
  • Desert Discovery Center: 0.8 mi
  • Dana Park: 0.9 mi
  • Barstow Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
  • Foglesong Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks: 32
  • B Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Lead Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Mount General: 7.0 mi
  • Elephant Mountain: 7.3 mi
  • Red Hill: 10.5 mi
Springs: 16
  • Sweetwater Spring: 11.0 mi
  • R Z Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Goat Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Aztec Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Sweetwater Spring: 18.4 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Daggett: 8.3 mi
  • Daggett Garage: 8.4 mi
  • Forks of the Road: 15.0 mi
  • Foundation: 18.0 mi
  • Rock-A-Hoola Waterpark: 19.4 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Rosita: 0.6 mi
  • CALICO: 9.8 mi
  • Calico Early Man Site Visitor Center: 15.2 mi
  • New Jack City (Rock Climbing): 16.6 mi
  • Bagdad Cafe: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 5
  • 64: 10.3 mi
  • the tank man: 10.3 mi
  • Chief Iron Horse: 10.4 mi
  • Chinese Dissident: 10.4 mi
  • Mom: 15.8 mi
Museums: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Kramer Arch: 10.8 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ord MountainSE 143°1,863 m19.7 mi
East Ord MountainSE 141°1,831 m23.0 mi
West Ord MountainSSE 159°1,661 m18.9 mi
Sidewinder MountainS 183°1,590 m20.3 mi
Goat MountainSSE 161°1,502 m17.3 mi
Stoddard MountainSSW 202°1,480 m15.2 mi
Calico PeakENE 58°1,384 m12.3 mi
Lane MountainNNE 20°1,380 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2719:00
June solstice05:3619:2820:06
September equinox06:3718:1318:46
December solstice06:5316:0216:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475157637181878678675546
Precip in0.81.00.60.30.10.00.30.20.30.30.40.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barstow, under a mile away.

  • Creosote Bush15 obs
  • Common Raven9 obs
  • House Sparrow8 obs
  • Mediterranean Mantis7 obs
  • European Starling5 obs
  • Desert Iguana5 obs
  • Ornate Tree Lizard5 obs
  • Redstem Stork's-bill5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/103256031

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