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Wiley's Well Rest Area

Wiley's Well Rest Area from directly overhead

Wiley's Well Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. Sharp Peak stands 725 m to the west, 22 miles off. 33 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

15 mi. W. of Blythe

The story

park in the United States of America

Wikidata Q49580792, matched on coordinates and name (64 m apart).

How to reach it

Coordinates33.60966, -114.90070

33 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 13
  • Jack E. Marlowe Ripley Family Park: 15.0 mi
  • Gateway Park: 17.0 mi
  • Miller Park: 17.0 mi
  • Todd Park: 17.4 mi
  • Appleby Park: 17.7 mi
Peaks: 8
  • McCoy Peak: 3.8 mi
  • Black Rock: 8.1 mi
  • Palo Verde Mesa: 12.0 mi
  • Thumb Peak: 14.2 mi
  • Flat Tops: 17.3 mi
Springs: 7
  • McCoy Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Clapp Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Well: 17.0 mi
  • Chuckwalla Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Chuckwalla Well: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
Museums: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wiley's Well Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sharp PeakW 270°725 m22.2 mi
McCoy PeakNE 45°589 m3.8 mi
Palo Verde PeakSSE 160°500 m20.6 mi
Flat TopsS 172°449 m17.3 mi
Thumb PeakS 172°379 m14.2 mi
Black HillNE 39°374 m18.0 mi
Black RockE 90°155 m8.1 mi
Palo Verde MesaENE 65°149 m12.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1918:52
June solstice05:3119:1719:54
September equinox06:2818:0518:38
December solstice06:4115:5816:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F565966728089959588756354
Precip in0.50.60.50.10.10.00.30.40.30.20.20.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blythe Asos, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11670323769

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