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Douglas Point

Douglas Point, seen from above at true elevation

Douglas Point is a cliff in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,743 m. Currant Mountain stands 3,492 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ruppes Boghole, a spring 6.2 miles away. Highway 93 passes 29 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1743 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates38.76994, -115.16030
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Ruppes Boghole: 6.2 mi
  • Blind Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Dee Gee Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Summit Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Secret Spring: 8.5 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Currant Summit: 6.8 mi
  • Wilhoites Peak: 10.3 mi
  • Ninemile Mountain: 10.9 mi
  • Brown Knoll: 10.9 mi
  • Windous Butte: 11.2 mi
Parks: 2
  • Lund Ball Park: 10.2 mi
  • Grant State Game Refuge: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 1
  • Lund Museum: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • The Lund L: 10.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Moorman Spring: 12.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Currant MountainNW 304°3,492 m17.2 mi
Duckwater PeakNW 309°3,377 m18.4 mi
Mount GraftonESE 103°3,343 m23.2 mi
White Pine PeakWNW 293°3,065 m17.5 mi
BlackrockNW 315°3,048 m21.4 mi
Shingle PeakSE 145°2,995 m22.0 mi
Corduroy MountainNW 317°2,916 m20.1 mi
Blue Eagle MountainSW 227°2,913 m23.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1818:53
June solstice05:1719:3020:10
September equinox06:2918:0418:39
December solstice06:5615:4116:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283239445261686759483628
Precip in0.91.01.00.80.90.70.50.80.70.90.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lund, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357554792

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