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Lost City Museum, a museum in Nevada
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Lost City Museum, a museum in Nevada
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Lost City Museum is a museum in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 392 m. Virgin Peak stands 2,422 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Overton Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Valley of Fire State Park Roadways passes 6.9 miles off. 168 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

About

The story

The Lost City Museum, formerly known as the Boulder Dam Park Museum, is located in Overton, Nevada and is one of seven museums managed by the Nevada Division of Museums and History, an agency of the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1935.

Wikidata Q6683915, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.53154, -114.44097

Overlooks nearby

Around it

168 named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 48
  • old car: 3.0 mi
  • Duck Rock: 5.4 mi
  • Fire Wave: 5.6 mi
  • Fire Wave Trail: 5.7 mi
  • Petroglyphs near Duck Rock: 5.8 mi
Springs: 34
Peaks: 30
  • Overton Mesa: 1.5 mi
  • Mormon Mesa: 3.9 mi
  • White Domes: 6.0 mi
  • Baseline Mesa: 6.1 mi
  • Silica Dome: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Frehner Home: 5.7 mi
  • Garage: 5.8 mi
  • Gibson Home: 5.8 mi
  • Hanning Store: 5.9 mi
  • Blacksmith Shop: 5.9 mi
Parks: 12
Rest areas: 7
Picnic sites: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Mormon Mesa: 6.4 mi
  • Mormon Mesa: 15.8 mi
  • Mormon Mesa: 17.6 mi
  • Mormon Mesa: 22.1 mi
  • Flat Top Mesa: 23.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Beaches: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Museums: 1
  • Olshacs Museum: 5.1 mi
Artworks: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Virgin PeakENE 75°2,422 m18.9 mi
Moapa PeakN 359°1,955 m22.6 mi
Billy Goat PeakE 94°1,738 m20.9 mi
Mica PeakSE 139°1,719 m24.3 mi
Muddy PeakSW 221°1,590 m21.4 mi
Gold ButteSE 141°1,529 m22.9 mi
Quail PointE 90°1,232 m18.9 mi
Garrett ButteSSE 157°1,164 m24.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4218:1618:50
June solstice05:2119:2220:00
September equinox06:2618:0218:36
December solstice06:4715:4616:26

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485260677686929083695546
Precip in0.70.90.80.30.10.00.40.40.30.50.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Overton, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/306471567

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