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Lucky Jim Camp

Lucky Jim Camp from directly overhead

Lucky Jim Camp is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 743 m. McCullough Mountain stands 2,125 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is El Dorado City, a ghost town 0.1 miles away. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

ghost town in Nevada, USA

How to reach it

Coordinates35.70222, -114.80333

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Willow Beach Scenic Overlook: 16.2 mi
  • Liberty Bell Arch: 19.4 mi
  • Large Road Gap Jump: 19.6 mi
  • Bender Sender Road Gap Step Down: 19.6 mi
  • Gap Jump: 19.7 mi
Peaks: 46
  • Mount Duncan: 0.2 mi
  • Knob Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Mohave Peaks: 6.8 mi
  • Ireteba Peaks: 7.6 mi
  • Fire Mountain: 8.9 mi
Parks: 36
Springs: 26
  • Huse Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Bridge Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Miners Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Eldorado Rover Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Tule Spring: 4.3 mi
Historic sites: 18
  • El Dorado Canyon: 0.5 mi
  • Techatticup Mine: 0.5 mi
  • Queho's Cave: 0.5 mi
  • El Dorado Canyon: 1.4 mi
  • 152159 United States Navy P3A Orion Memorial: 17.2 mi
Hot springs: 8
  • Hot Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Ringbolt Hot Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Arizona Hot Springs: 18.4 mi
  • Hot Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Hot Spring: 18.5 mi
Gardens: 8
Artworks: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 3
  • Tom Devlin's Monster Museum: 18.8 mi
  • Boulder City-Hoover Dam Museum: 19.1 mi
  • Clark County Museum: 22.7 mi
Beaches: 3
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McCullough MountainWSW 252°2,125 m22.2 mi
Crescent PeakSW 230°1,775 m24.0 mi
Mount WilsonNNE 28°1,663 m23.0 mi
Mount PerkinsESE 119°1,660 m18.9 mi
Black MountainNW 320°1,552.05 m20.8 mi
Peak 5058NW 316°1,541.7 m19.5 mi
Ireteba PeaksS 191°1,528 m7.6 mi
Peak 4928NW 318°1,502.06 m20.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1818:51
June solstice05:2419:2119:59
September equinox06:2818:0418:38
December solstice06:4615:5116:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Oct–Apr.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F545865728292979688766253
Precip in0.71.00.70.30.10.10.20.20.20.60.30.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willow Beach, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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