Needles, California

E16572

city municipality

Needles, California is a small city in San Bernardino County located along the Colorado River near the Arizona border, known for its desert climate and historic position on Route 66.

Aliases (2)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → municipality →
areaCode	442 → 760 →
borderRiver	Colorado River →
climate	hot desert climate →
climateCharacteristic	very low annual precipitation →
country	United States of America →
county	San Bernardino County →
distanceTo	approximately 110 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada → approximately 140 miles from Barstow, California →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 150 meters → approximately 495 feet →
foundedAs	railroad town →
governingBody	Needles City Council →
governmentType	council–manager →
hasFeature	desert landscape → riverfront access →
hasHistoricRoute	Main Street segment of Route 66 →
historicallyServedBy	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway →
historicRole	stopover on transcontinental rail and road routes →
incorporatedIn	1913 →
knownFor	extremely high summer temperatures → historic Route 66 heritage →
koppenClimateClassification	BWh →
locatedIn	Mojave Desert → San Bernardino County’s easternmost region → United States Census Bureau-defined Needles city area →
locatedNear	Arizona →
locatedOn	Colorado River → Historic U.S. Route 66 → western bank of the Colorado River →
namedAfter	The Needles rock formations →
nearestMajorRiver	Colorado River →
oppositeBank	Mohave County, Arizona →
partOf	Inland Empire region → Lower Colorado River Valley →
postalCode	92363 →
primaryEconomicSectors	services → tourism → transportation →
region	Tri-state area of California, Arizona, and Nevada →
servedBy	BNSF Railway →
state	California →
summerHighTemperaturesOftenExceed	110 °F →
timezone	Pacific Time Zone →
transportHubFor	eastern Mojave Desert →
traversedBy	Interstate 40 → U.S. Route 95 NERFINISHED →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mojave Trails National Monument → New York Mountains → Providence Mountains State Recreation Area →	nearestCity
Needles City Council → Needles, California ("United States Census Bureau-defined Needles city area") →	locatedIn
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway main line → U.S. Route 95 →	passesThrough
Mojave Desert →	contains
Needles City Council ("City of Needles, California") →	governs
Superior Court of California, County of San Bernardino →	hasCourthouseLocation
Needles City Council →	jurisdiction
Colorado River near present-day Needles, California →	locatedNear
Fort Mojave area →	near
Colorado River near present-day Needles, California →	nearbySettlement