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Marble Bluff

Marble Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Marble Bluff is a cliff in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,249 m. Tule Peak stands 2,654 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Museum and Visitors Center, a museum 3.5 miles away. Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1249 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.87102, -119.38295

83 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 32
  • Russell Peak: 3.9 mi
  • Pah Rah Mountain: 7.2 mi
  • Black Mountain: 7.9 mi
  • Black Warrior Peak: 7.9 mi
  • Moses Rock: 8.8 mi
Parks: 28
  • Jefferson Davis Historical Monument: 12.9 mi
  • In Town Park: 19.6 mi
  • Fernley Main Street Park: 19.8 mi
  • Millennium Park: 19.9 mi
  • Fernley Out-of-Town Park: 20.6 mi
Springs: 13
  • Lost Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Chimney Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Sevenmile Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Warm Springs: 17.8 mi
  • Willow Spring: 18.6 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Statue of Liberty: 20.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tule PeakWNW 291°2,654 m20.5 mi
Virginia PeakSSW 207°2,514 m8.9 mi
Pah Rah MountainSW 222°2,507 m7.2 mi
Tohakum PeakN 350°2,459 m21.6 mi
Pond PeakSSW 196°2,448 m15.7 mi
Dogskin MountainW 278°2,257 m22.7 mi
Spanish Springs PeakSW 214°2,230 m18.5 mi
Moses RockWSW 247°2,185 m8.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3419:10
June solstice05:3019:4920:30
September equinox06:4618:2118:56
December solstice07:1615:5416:37

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363945505968767567554437
Precip in1.30.80.80.50.60.50.20.20.30.50.81.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutcliffe, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357547933

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