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Pictured Rocks

Pictured Rocks, seen from above at true elevation

Pictured Rocks is a cliff in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,624 m. Stonewall Mountain stands 2,530 m to the west-southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cactus Springs, a ghost town 0.3 miles away. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1624 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.53966, -116.88396
Around it

66 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 43
  • Wellington Hills: 5.4 mi
  • O'Briens Knob: 6.4 mi
  • Mount Helen: 8.2 mi
  • Stonewall Mountain: 9.0 mi
  • Antelope Peak: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Stonewall Cliff: 9.9 mi
  • Stonewall Cliff: 9.9 mi
  • Stonewall Cliff: 9.9 mi
  • Stonewall Cliff: 9.9 mi
  • Stonewall Cliff: 9.9 mi
Springs: 8
Attractions: 3
  • International Car Forest: 22.0 mi
  • Goldfield Subway Stations: 22.4 mi
  • The Goldfield High School: 22.4 mi
Museums: 2
  • Goldfield Radio Museum: 22.2 mi
  • Goldfield Art Car Park Gallery: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stonewall MountainWSW 252°2,530 m9.0 mi
Antelope PeakNE 48°2,295 m9.1 mi
Cactus PeakN 1°2,254 m16.8 mi
Urania PeakNNE 13°2,179 m11.3 mi
Mount HelenESE 107°2,158 m8.2 mi
Black MountainSE 143°2,151 m22.0 mi
Quartz MountainSSE 157°2,111 m20.0 mi
Tolicha PeakSSE 168°2,094 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2519:00
June solstice05:2719:3420:13
September equinox06:3618:1218:46
December solstice06:5915:5316:33

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744505968767566544233

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Goldfield, 22 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357554304

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