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Spring Mountain Ranch State Park

Spring Mountain Ranch State Park from directly overhead

Spring Mountain Ranch State Park is a nature reserve in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,136 m. Charleston Peak stands 3,632 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandstone Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. Red Rock Canyon Road passes 0.9 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1136 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Nevada State Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.06932, -115.45897

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Jump - Double: 2.1 mi
  • Rock Circle: 2.5 mi
  • Red Rock National Conservation Park: 4.8 mi
  • Red Canyon Scenic Drive: 4.8 mi
  • Double Jump: 6.2 mi
Parks
Artworks
  • Journey to the West: 15.2 mi
  • The Big Edge: 15.9 mi
  • Bliss Dance: 16.0 mi
  • Infinite Ship: 16.1 mi
  • Gateway: 16.1 mi
Peaks: 55
  • Indecision Peak: 1.1 mi
  • Sandstone Peak: 1.1 mi
  • Mount Wilson - South Peak: 1.8 mi
  • Monument Peak: 1.8 mi
  • The Knoll: 2.1 mi
Springs: 44
  • Sandstone Spring: 0.8 mi
  • Bonnie Springs: 0.8 mi
  • Mormon Green Springs: 1.7 mi
  • Oak Creek Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Wheeler Camp Spring: 2.6 mi
Cliffs: 30
  • Keystone Thrust: 2.1 mi
  • Keystone Thrust: 3.3 mi
  • Brownstone Wall: 3.7 mi
  • Sandstone Bluff: 4.0 mi
  • Blue Diamond Hill: 4.1 mi
Museums: 23
Gardens: 23
Historic sites: 21
  • Wilson Homestead: 4.0 mi
  • Dedication Walkway: 4.9 mi
  • Joe Zaher: 13.2 mi
  • Charles "Charlie" Kellogg: 13.2 mi
  • Cross for Chad David England (1979-2008): 14.2 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Little Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Big Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Mary Jane Falls: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Charleston PeakNW 317°3,632 m19.2 mi
Mummy MountainNNW 326°3,454 m19.1 mi
Griffith PeakNW 317°3,369 m15.4 mi
McFarland PeakNW 322°3,266 m24.0 mi
Fletcher PeakNNW 329°3,122 m17.5 mi
The SistersNW 325°3,102 m21.9 mi
Harris MountainNW 324°3,052 m14.6 mi
Wheeler BenchmarkNW 324°2,971 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:2018:54
June solstice05:2619:2520:03
September equinox06:3118:0618:40
December solstice06:5015:5216:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434652596878848375635042
Precip in1.42.01.40.60.20.10.80.40.60.70.71.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Rock Canyon - SPG MT RCH S, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Joshua tree228 obs
  • Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay225 obs
  • Buckhorn Cholla217 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus193 obs
  • Common Side-blotched Lizard161 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow146 obs
  • desert milkweed127 obs
  • Banana Yucca112 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/1260766293

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