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Center Camp

Center Camp from directly overhead

Center Camp is an attraction in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,191 m. Granite Peak stands 2,725 m to the west, 12 miles off. 96 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates40.78131, -119.21038

96 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 46
  • Coyote Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Secondhand Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Frog Pond: 3.2 mi
  • Lost Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Barker Springs: 8.9 mi
Peaks: 34
  • Old Razorback Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Steamboat Mountain: 4.8 mi
  • Finley Butte: 6.1 mi
  • Dry Mountain: 10.2 mi
  • Pahsupp Mountain: 11.1 mi
Hot springs: 5
  • Trego Hot Springs: 5.0 mi
  • Great Boiling Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Black Rock Hot Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Casey Springs: 18.4 mi
  • Double Hot Springs: 21.0 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Center Camp: 0.0 mi
  • Fly Geyser: 8.3 mi
  • Planet X Pottery: 14.4 mi
Artworks: 3
Parks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Granite PeakW 273°2,725 m11.5 mi
Donnelly PeakN 353°2,597 m22.0 mi
Fox MountainNW 313°2,481 m24.8 mi
The BanjoWNW 288°2,430 m12.1 mi
South Donnelly PeakN 357°2,347 m17.4 mi
Mahogany PeakNW 315°2,327 m23.7 mi
Wagon Tire MountainWNW 297°2,321 m16.2 mi
Luxor PeakS 191°2,238 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5120:32
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1815:4916:33

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343946516070787667544132
Precip in1.10.70.90.61.00.60.30.10.30.50.71.0

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1307462709

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