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John Wilkie Rest Area at Fenner

John Wilkie Rest Area at Fenner from directly overhead

John Wilkie Rest Area at Fenner is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 602 m. Edgar Peak stands 2,183 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is John Wilkie Safety Rest Area at Fenner, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

45 mi. W. of Needles

How to reach it

Coordinates34.81023, -115.22004

94 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 47
  • Fenner Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Hummingbird Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Chuckwalla Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Desert Spring: 12.3 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Blind Hills: 7.1 mi
  • Halfway Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Goffs Butte: 9.9 mi
  • Castle Dome: 10.6 mi
  • Mercury Mountain: 13.0 mi
Historic sites: 12
Ghost towns: 3
Parks: 2
Rest areas: 1
Museums: 1
Nature reserves: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Petroglyphs: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of John Wilkie Rest Area at Fenner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Edgar PeakWNW 299°2,183 m20.5 mi
Fountain PeakWNW 298°2,126 m20.3 mi
Table TopNNW 338°1,884 m22.3 mi
Little Thorne MountainsNNW 327°1,780 m22.6 mi
Columbia MountainNW 323°1,717 m23.7 mi
Twin ButtesNNW 338°1,704 m21.5 mi
Hackberry MountainN 359°1,644 m16.7 mi
Wild Horse MesaNW 319°1,581 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:2018:53
June solstice05:2919:2119:58
September equinox06:3018:0618:39
December solstice06:4515:5516:34

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474853596878838276655546
Precip in1.31.81.60.60.20.01.10.60.70.60.51.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mitchell Caverns, 21 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/96680632

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