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North McCullough Wilderness

North McCullough Wilderness from directly overhead

North McCullough Wilderness is a nature reserve in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,037 m. Potosi Mountain stands 2,562 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Peak 5058, a peak 3.2 miles away. Las Vegas Strip passes 15 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.87446, -115.08664

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Madeira Canyon Park: 3.8 mi
  • Glengarry/Earlstone Park: 3.9 mi
  • Esselmont Park: 4.2 mi
  • Aventura Park: 4.5 mi
  • Montagna Park: 4.7 mi
Attractions
  • Jump: 4.0 mi
  • Jump: 4.0 mi
  • X Spot: 5.1 mi
  • X Spot: 5.3 mi
  • Jump: 6.1 mi
Artworks
  • Gas Can/Chainwheel/Bullet Art: 8.2 mi
  • Smiley Face Rock Art: 8.4 mi
  • Cougar statue: 8.4 mi
  • Smiley Face Rock Art: 8.5 mi
  • Rock Lizards: 9.3 mi
Peaks: 58
  • Peak 5058: 3.2 mi
  • Mystic Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Peak 4928: 3.8 mi
  • Black Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Arden Peak: 5.5 mi
Historic sites: 28
  • 22 LA-SL Sloan AKA Enterprize arrow: 7.5 mi
  • Josh Stevens Monument: 9.7 mi
  • Josh Stevens Memorial: 10.4 mi
  • The Last Spike: 11.8 mi
  • Bootleg Canyon: 14.7 mi
Museums: 26
Gardens: 24
  • Rock Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Rock Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Rock Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Rock Art (Peace): 6.8 mi
  • Rock Garden: 6.8 mi
Springs: 21
  • McClanahan Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Forlorn Hope Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Bridge Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Davis Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Eldorado Rover Spring: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
Hot springs: 8
  • Hot Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Hot Springs: 20.3 mi
  • Two Mile Hot Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Hot Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Lost Man Hot Spring: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Beaches: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 13.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Potosi MountainWNW 285°2,562 m24.0 mi
McCullough MountainSSW 196°2,125 m19.5 mi
Mountain Springs PeakWNW 297°2,023 m24.8 mi
Monument PeakWNW 299°1,915 m24.5 mi
Windy PeakWNW 295°1,903 m23.7 mi
Hollow Rock PeakWNW 294°1,830 m23.3 mi
Peak 5983WNW 293°1,810 m23.7 mi
Devil PeakWSW 239°1,785 m23.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1918:52
June solstice05:2519:2320:01
September equinox06:2918:0518:39
December solstice06:4815:5116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485360677687939183695647
Precip in0.60.90.50.20.10.10.40.40.40.40.30.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Vegas WFO, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mojave Desert Tortoise3 obs
  • Bighorn Sheep3 obs
  • Common Chuckwalla2 obs
  • Zebra-tailed Lizard2 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard2 obs
  • Beavertail Pricklypear2 obs
  • Desert Horned Lizard2 obs
  • Rock Wren1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/398002523

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