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RDP VOL

RDP VOL from directly overhead

RDP VOL is an artwork in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,664 m. Bald Mountain stands 2,819 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is The Black Mailbox, a attraction 5.9 miles away. Extraterrestrial Highway runs past it. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.43903, -115.37724

Overlooks nearby

Around it

66 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 25
  • Reed Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Brownie Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 10.1 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 10.1 mi
  • Ash Springs: 10.3 mi
Peaks: 24
  • Tikaboo Peak: 6.6 mi
  • Badger Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • Noname Peak: 8.1 mi
  • Echo Rock: 11.5 mi
  • Shaman Hill: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 10
  • The Black Mailbox: 5.9 mi
  • F-15C Crash Site (2011): 6.6 mi
  • Paiute Rock Petroglyphs, Mount Irish Archeological District: 11.6 mi
  • Echo Rock Petroglyphs, Mount Irish Archeological District: 11.6 mi
  • Shaman Hill and Knob Petroglyphs, Mount Irish Archeological District: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Parks: 3
  • Key Pittman Wildlife Management Area: 10.8 mi
  • EWU Resort: 24.3 mi
  • D.C. Day Park: 24.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Area 51 Green Pointer: 6.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of RDP VOL. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainW 272°2,819 m19.6 mi
Mount IrishN 355°2,629 m14.3 mi
Sanderson MountainN 357°2,625 m14.9 mi
Badger MountainSSE 155°2,428 m6.7 mi
HykoE 81°2,423 m19.3 mi
Monte MountainNNW 333°2,417 m15.9 mi
Tikaboo PeakS 171°2,412 m6.6 mi
Mount WandellWSW 257°2,397 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1918:54
June solstice05:2219:2820:06
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:5315:4716:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394248546372787669584638
Precip in0.70.90.80.50.50.30.50.60.50.70.40.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hiko, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13099502219

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