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Record Bluff

Record Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Record Bluff is a cliff in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,599 m. Red Butte stands 2,739 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Goose Creek State Recreation Ground and Game Refuge, a park 3.3 miles away. California Trail Back Country Byway passes 2.4 miles off. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1599 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.85964, -114.16252

54 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 47
Springs: 4
Parks: 1
  • Goose Creek State Recreation Ground and Game Refuge: 3.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red ButteESE 118°2,739 m24.6 mi
Twin PeaksENE 73°2,564 m16.0 mi
Twin PeaksENE 73°2,549 m16.2 mi
Gollaher MountainW 275°2,467 m14.0 mi
Monument PeakN 351°2,457.602 m18.2 mi
Monument PeakN 351°2,453.64 m18.8 mi
Trapper PeakN 353°2,400 m20.4 mi
Judd MountainESE 118°2,394 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1219:49
June solstice06:0220:3421:16
September equinox07:2518:5919:36
December solstice08:0216:2417:09

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242836435161706859463324
Precip in0.90.71.01.21.51.00.50.90.90.70.81.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grouse Creek, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357554990

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