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Chalk Bluff

Chalk Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Chalk Bluff is a cliff in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,498 m. Mount Rose stands 3,285 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Truckee River Greenbelt, a park 0.2 miles away. Mount Rose Highway passes 9.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1498 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.51185, -119.88103

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Truckee River Greenbelt: 0.2 mi
  • Ambrose Park: 0.4 mi
  • Dorostkar Park: 0.4 mi
  • Truckee River Greenbelt: 0.9 mi
  • Northgate Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Cross Peak: 2.6 mi
  • South Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Peavine Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Peavine Peak: 6.0 mi
  • Cone Peak: 6.5 mi
Artworks
  • Wa-Pai-Shone: 2.6 mi
  • Art Indeed!: 3.3 mi
  • Sierra Memorial Art Space: 3.3 mi
  • Portal of Evolution: 3.5 mi
  • Locomotion: 3.7 mi
Gardens: 34
  • The Rose Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Jimmy's Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Jimmy's Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Secret Rose Garden: 4.0 mi
Museums: 31
Historic sites: 29
  • The N: 3.8 mi
  • The Basque Sheepherder Monument: 3.9 mi
  • Sergeant George D. Sullivan Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Distinguised Nevadans Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Frank Zenklusen Memorial: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Attractions: 19
Springs: 15
  • Juniper Ridge Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Cold Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Sardine Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Mud Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Summit Spring: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 13
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 2
  • Jumbo Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 18.6 mi
  • Gazebo: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Chalk Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RoseS 190°3,285 m11.8 mi
Church PeakSSW 192°3,235 m11.3 mi
Mount HoughtonSSW 194°3,195 m12.7 mi
Relay PeakSSW 194°3,135 m14.1 mi
Snowflower MountainSSW 198°3,115 m9.4 mi
Tamarack PeakS 189°3,012 m13.5 mi
Slide MountainS 181°2,936 m13.8 mi
Rose Knob PeakSSW 195°2,932 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5120:31
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1715:5716:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374045505968777568554436
Precip in1.31.00.90.50.60.50.30.20.20.60.71.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reno WFO, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357557729

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