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Egg Point

Egg Point, seen from above at true elevation

Egg Point is a cliff in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 2,308 m. Wheelbarrow Peak stands 2,572 m to the north-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Survey Butte, a peak 2.5 miles away. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
2308 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.18467, -116.20504

56 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 50
  • Survey Butte: 2.5 mi
  • Rainier Mesa: 2.5 mi
  • Aqueduct Mesa: 3.4 mi
  • Pinyon Butte: 4.0 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 5.0 mi
Springs: 2
  • Tippipah Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Indian Spring: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Parks: 1
  • Area 2 Gun Turret: 6.1 mi
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wheelbarrow PeakNNE 21°2,572 m19.7 mi
Quartzite MountainNNW 344°2,366 m23.7 mi
Quartet DomeN 10°2,344 m11.6 mi
Rainier MesaNW 315°2,339 m2.5 mi
Timber MountainWSW 244°2,259 m15.3 mi
North Timber PeakWSW 245°2,239 m15.6 mi
South MesaN 2°2,235 m5.9 mi
Big Dome MountainNNE 19°2,223 m12.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2318:57
June solstice05:2619:3020:09
September equinox06:3318:0918:43
December solstice06:5615:5116:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357546711

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