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Seven Magic Mountains

Seven Magic Mountains from directly overhead

Seven Magic Mountains is an artwork in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 922 m. Potosi Mountain stands 2,562 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Last Spike, a historic site 1.4 miles away. Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway passes 14 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Internationally renowned Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone’s Seven Magic Mountains is a large-scale site-specific public art installation located near Jean Dry Lake and Interstate 15, approximately ten miles south of Las Vegas, Nevada. Comprised of seven towers

The record

What the record says

Built
2016-05-11
Material
stone
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.83831, -115.27095

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • GoJump Skydiving Las Vegas: 5.6 mi
  • X Spot: 8.2 mi
  • Jump: 8.8 mi
  • X Spot: 8.8 mi
  • The Pioneer Saloon: 9.0 mi
Parks
  • Goodsprings Park: 9.2 mi
  • Sentiero Park: 9.3 mi
  • Montagna Park: 9.7 mi
  • Attesa Park: 10.1 mi
  • Chaco Canyon Neighborhood Park: 10.4 mi
Artworks
  • Cougar statue: 14.0 mi
  • Gas Can/Chainwheel/Bullet Art: 17.5 mi
  • Smiley Face Rock Art: 17.6 mi
  • Smiley Face Rock Art: 17.7 mi
  • Big Head Statue: 18.1 mi
Peaks: 49
  • Center Mountain: 4.9 mi
  • Sheep Mountain: 5.5 mi
  • Pleasant Peak: 7.3 mi
  • Mystic Mountain: 8.3 mi
  • Lookout Peak: 10.3 mi
Springs: 24
  • McClanahan Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Mud Spring No 2: 16.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Lone Grapevine Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Mud Spring No 1: 16.6 mi
Museums: 24
Gardens: 23
  • Rock Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Rock Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Rock Garden: 14.3 mi
  • Rock Art (Peace): 14.6 mi
  • Rock Garden: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 22
  • EnTRAPment Wall: 15.2 mi
  • Tantrum Wall: 15.2 mi
  • Amphitheater: 15.3 mi
  • Blue Diamond Hill: 18.9 mi
  • Whitney Mesa: 19.8 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • The Last Spike: 1.4 mi
  • 22 LA-SL Sloan AKA Enterprize arrow: 9.5 mi
  • Cattle pen/natural spring: 15.3 mi
  • Cattle pen/ natural spring: 15.4 mi
  • Josh Stevens Monument: 16.2 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 17.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potosi MountainNW 304°2,562 m15.6 mi
Mount WilsonNW 326°2,155 m21.3 mi
McCullough MountainSSE 162°2,125 m17.0 mi
Mount Wilson - South PeakNW 326°2,079 m20.8 mi
Rainbow MountainNNW 327°2,075 m22.3 mi
Mountain Springs PeakNW 319°2,023 m18.1 mi
Bridge MountainNNW 329°1,968 m23.9 mi
Indecision PeakNW 325°1,960 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:53
June solstice05:2619:2320:01
September equinox06:3018:0618:39
December solstice06:4815:5216:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444753607080858376645143
Precip in0.91.20.70.40.00.00.80.60.30.60.30.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Goodsprings, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4489080290

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