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Point of Rocks

Point of Rocks, seen from above at true elevation

Point of Rocks is a cliff in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 2,184 m. Bunker Hill stands 3,498 m to the east-southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Creek Peak, a peak 3.9 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 9.0 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2184 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.28659, -117.21509
Around it

56 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 25
  • Big Creek Peak: 3.9 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Rocky Bluff: 7.1 mi
  • North Toiyabe Peak: 9.1 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 10.4 mi
Springs: 20
  • Gillman Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Upper Cole Camp Sring: 12.1 mi
  • Lower Cole Camp Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Goodyear Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Bob Scotts Spring: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Parks: 3
  • Kingston Park: 8.7 mi
  • Bade Flat State Game Refuge: 14.7 mi
  • Bert T Gandolfo Park: 16.1 mi
Museums: 1
  • Austin Historical Society Museum: 16.1 mi
Artworks: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Smith Creek Valley Hot Springs: 18.0 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Overland Stage Station (ruins): 25.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bunker HillESE 116°3,498 m5.3 mi
Toiyabe Range PeakS 178°3,330 m11.9 mi
French PeakS 188°3,283 m19.1 mi
North Toiyabe PeakNE 56°3,261 m9.1 mi
North Shoshone PeakWSW 237°3,118 m17.0 mi
Big Creek PeakENE 78°3,053 m3.9 mi
South Shoshone PeakSW 229°3,034 m24.4 mi
Telegraph PeakNNE 27°2,602 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2619:01
June solstice05:2319:3920:20
September equinox06:3718:1218:48
December solstice07:0615:4716:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343541455463737163514033
Precip in1.21.11.51.61.90.60.60.40.60.51.11.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin #2, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357552270

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