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Crescent Cliff

Crescent Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

Crescent Cliff is a cliff in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,590 m. Wahguyhe Peak stands 2,630 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Specie Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Death Valley Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 105 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1590 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.86661, -116.67339

Overlooks nearby

Around it

105 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 55
  • Meiklejohn Peak: 1.3 mi
  • Bare Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Bare Mountain Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Beatty Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Wildcat Peak: 5.7 mi
Springs: 25
  • Specie Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Revert Springs: 5.3 mi
  • Ute Springs: 6.8 mi
  • Lower Indian Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Lower Indian Springs: 8.7 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Artworks: 4
  • Ghost Rider: 8.9 mi
  • The Last Supper: 8.9 mi
  • Sit Here!: 8.9 mi
  • Lady Desert: The Venus of Nevada: 8.9 mi
Parks: 3
  • Robert A. and Florence Revert Park: 5.3 mi
  • Cottonwood Park: 5.4 mi
  • Amargosa Valley Park: 23.9 mi
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 2
Attractions: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Amargosa Valley Rest Area: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wahguyhe PeakWNW 282°2,629.8 m24.4 mi
Timber MountainNE 39°2,259 m19.4 mi
North Timber PeakNE 38°2,239 m19.3 mi
South Timber PeakNE 43°2,204 m16.5 mi
Shoshone PeakENE 77°2,150 m23.4 mi
Yucca MountainENE 67°2,044 m13.1 mi
Chocolate MountainENE 64°2,017 m11.6 mi
Thimble PeakW 260°1,936 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2518:59
June solstice05:2919:3120:10
September equinox06:3518:1118:45
December solstice06:5715:5416:34

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424551576674817972614941
Precip in0.81.01.00.40.30.20.60.30.40.20.30.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beatty 8 N, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357546373

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