Red Rock Wash Overlook sits at 4,127 feet on Red Rock Canyon Road, with the land dropping 60 feet over the next 600 meters. Bridge Mountain rises to the west-southwest at 6,466 feet, 1.1 miles away; the peak is part of the Spring Mountain range, managed by the Bureau of Land Management within the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and the Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, and takes its name from a bridge-like natural sandstone arch near its summit. Closer to the overlook, Straight Shooter Wall and Brass Wall stand to the southwest at 1.4 and 1.5 miles, both near 4,900 feet. Willow Springs lies northwest at 1.9 miles, while High Point Overlook, the previous stop on this route, is visible north-northeast at 2.0 miles. Wall of Confusion appears east-northeast at 2.1 miles. Las Vegas is 18.2 miles east, with North Las Vegas 20.0 miles east-northeast and Henderson 28.5 miles east-southeast. Sunrise and sunset shift through the year, from a 05:26 sunrise in June to a 06:50 sunrise in December, with sunset ranging from 20:03 in June to 16:32 in December. The route continues from here to the Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck.
Named terrain around this overlook, nearest first. No view direction is recorded, so every bearing is listed.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:54 | 18:20 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:03 | 19:25 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:40 | 18:06 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:32 | 15:52 |
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Bridge Mountain is a mountain located in the Spring Mountain range of southern Nevada. It is located on land managed by the United States Bureau of Land Management as the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, part of the Rainbow Mountain Wilderness. Bridge Mountain is named for the natural feature of a bridge-like natural arch of sandstone near the summit.
Red Rock Wash Overlook sits at about 4,127 feet (1,258 m).
From Red Rock Wash Overlook: Bridge Mountain (WSW, 1.1 mi); Straight Shooter Wall (SW, 1.4 mi); Brass Wall (SW, 1.5 mi); Willow Springs (NW, 1.9 mi).
Las Vegas, 18 miles E of Red Rock Wash Overlook.
Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Red Rock Wash Overlook.
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