Garnet
Garnet is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 679 m. Sheep Peak stands 2,936 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Arrolime, a ghost town 3.3 miles away. Bitter Springs Back Country Byway passes 8.8 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in Clark County, Nevada, United States
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Bitter Springs Back Country Byway
- 15.7 mi off the Valley of Fire State Park Roadways
- 20.5 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 23.2 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
Overlooks nearby
- Atlatl Rock Petroglyphs · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Las Vegas Dunes Recreation Lands: 8.5 mi
- Shadow Rock Park: 14.8 mi
- Freedom Park: 15.2 mi
- Saddlebrook Park: 15.8 mi
- Nellis Meadows Park: 16.1 mi
- Bowls of Fire: 15.8 mi
- Heart Arch: 16.0 mi
- Nostrildamus Rock: 16.0 mi
- Piano Rock: 17.5 mi
- Wind Stone Arch: 17.7 mi
- Neon Museum Sign: 20.7 mi
- Cesars Palace Sign: 20.7 mi
- Ugly Duckling Sign: 20.7 mi
- La Concha Motel Sign: 20.7 mi
- Frontier Sign: 20.7 mi
- Muddy Peak: 11.7 mi
- Piute Point: 12.4 mi
- Sunrise Mountain: 13.6 mi
- Quartzite Mountain: 14.4 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 16.1 mi
- Shelby Museum: 11.3 mi
- Las Vegas Natural History Museum: 20.5 mi
- Neon Museum: 20.7 mi
- The Mob Museum: 21.2 mi
- Discovery Children's Museum: 21.8 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 12.7 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 18.1 mi
- White Spot Spring: 19.1 mi
- Upper White Blotch Spring: 19.7 mi
- Lower White Blotch Spring: 20.1 mi
- Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 22.2 mi
- The Grove: 23.1 mi
- Palm Oasis: 23.3 mi
- Cactus Alley: 23.3 mi
- Teaching Garden: 23.3 mi
- The Professionals 1966 movie site: 19.9 mi
- Callville (submerged): 21.6 mi
- grass sand maze: 21.8 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 22.4 mi
- Captain John J Clark Memorial Monument: 22.5 mi
- Great Unconformity: 15.4 mi
- The Pillars: 18.9 mi
- The Cliffs: 19.3 mi
- Burro Point: 23.0 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 23.9 mi
- Atlatl Rock Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Mouse's Tank Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Seven Sisters Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Redstone Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- The fire pit at Red Rock: 22.6 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 21.3 mi
- Valley of Fire State Park: 21.5 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 22.4 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 22.7 mi
- Warm Springs Natural Area: 24.0 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 23.9 mi
- Boulder Beach: 24.6 mi
- South Beach: 24.8 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Northbound Mile 88: 22.0 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Southbound Mile 88: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Garnet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheep Peak | WNW 303° | 2,936 m | 24.9 mi |
| Negrohead Peak | NW 319° | 2,573 m | 24.2 mi |
| Quartzite Mountain | WNW 303° | 2,152 m | 14.4 mi |
| Gass Peak | W 273° | 2,111 m | 17.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | NW 310° | 2,018 m | 18.0 mi |
| Fossil Ridge | WNW 282° | 1,664 m | 19.2 mi |
| Muddy Peak | ESE 122° | 1,590 m | 11.7 mi |
| Castle Rock | W 272° | 1,314 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:04 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:49 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 77 | 87 | 93 | 91 | 83 | 71 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N LAS Vegas, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 21 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 26 mi
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