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World's Largest Thermometer


Name: World's Largest Thermometer
Category: Cultural
Archive ID#: CA3338
 
Description: Easily spotted from the Interstate between Barstow and Las Vegas, the world's tallest thermometer has a digital readout that displays the outside temperature. It is 134 feet high, the same number as the highest air temperature ever recorded in North America, measured in 1934 at nearby Death Valley. There is an information center at the bottom of the thermometer.
Location: Baker
(POINT(-116.07466578484 35.265970866892))
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Address: CA
Visitor Info: On the main drag in Baker. The Mad Greeks is an interesting place to eat, generally.
LCS: Cultural
   
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