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Echo Canyon State Park

Echo Canyon State Park from directly overhead

Echo Canyon State Park is a nature reserve in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,630 m. Highland Peak stands 2,846 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Delmues, a ghost town 4.2 miles away. Mt. Wilson Back Country Byway passes 2.0 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1630 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Nevada State Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.90970, -114.26346

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Willow Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Horsethief Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Kiln Spring: 9.1 mi
  • White Horse Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Prohibition Spring: 10.7 mi
Peaks: 48
  • Red Buttes: 6.9 mi
  • Black Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Gray Cone: 7.9 mi
  • Red Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Horsethief Mountain: 9.1 mi
Parks: 7
  • Meadow Valley Recreation Area: 7.5 mi
  • Pioche Pioneer Park: 10.4 mi
  • Pioche Town Park: 10.4 mi
  • Cathedral Gulch State Game Refuge: 10.5 mi
  • Caselton Recreational Area: 12.2 mi
Museums: 4
  • Lincoln County Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
  • Panaca Heritage Center: 10.7 mi
  • Nevada State Parks visitors center: 10.7 mi
  • Caliente Railroad Depot: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • C.C.C. Day Use Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Pioche Veterans Memorial: 10.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Highland PeakW 266°2,846 m17.2 mi
Comet PeakW 268°2,843 m17.6 mi
Mount WilsonNNW 343°2,840 m24.6 mi
White Rock PeakNNE 20°2,786 m25.0 mi
Connor PeakW 267°2,758 m16.7 mi
Roe PeakWNW 295°2,722 m20.3 mi
Parsnip PeakNNW 348°2,707 m16.7 mi
Government PeakENE 65°2,677 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4119:1519:49
June solstice06:1620:2421:03
September equinox07:2619:0119:36
December solstice07:5016:4117:22

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273138435159666456453526
Precip in1.01.51.40.90.80.51.01.61.01.20.71.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spring Valley SP, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Kingcup Cactus5 obs
  • Desert Spiny Lizard3 obs
  • Great Blue Heron2 obs
  • Golden Eagle2 obs
  • Ferruginous Hawk2 obs
  • Cliff Swallow2 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard2 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/71872324

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