Boulder Canyon Wild Life Refuge
Boulder Canyon Wild Life Refuge is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 704 m. Jumbo Peak stands 1,736 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cathedral Peaks, a peak 2.0 miles away. Bitter Springs Back Country Byway passes 3.1 miles off. 201 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 704 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Bitter Springs Back Country Byway
- 11.5 mi off the Valley of Fire State Park Roadways
- 13.0 mi off the Gold Butte Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Atlatl Rock Petroglyphs · 12 mi
- Whitney Pocket Overlook · 25 mi
201 named places within 25 miles
- Petrified Dunes: 3.3 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 10.9 mi
- Arrowhead Arch: 11.5 mi
- Petrified Log: 11.7 mi
- Pillar 2: 11.7 mi
- Cathedral Peaks: 2.0 mi
- Echo Hills: 2.7 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 6.7 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Guardian Peak: 8.9 mi
- Bitter Spring: 3.5 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 6.3 mi
- Cataract Spring: 7.8 mi
- Rogers Spring: 8.3 mi
- Agua Chiquita Spring: 8.5 mi
- Stone Ferry (submerged): 8.6 mi
- Captain John J Clark Memorial Monument: 11.5 mi
- Gentry Hotel: 15.1 mi
- Gentry Store: 15.1 mi
- St. Thomas Post Office: 15.1 mi
- Stewart Cliffs: 9.8 mi
- Big Gypsum Ledges: 13.3 mi
- The Temple: 18.0 mi
- Burro Point: 18.9 mi
- Hemenway Wall: 22.7 mi
- Belsmeir Beach: 11.1 mi
- Engine Beach: 12.3 mi
- Ann Marguret Beach: 13.0 mi
- Old Swim Beach: 13.6 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 23.6 mi
- Buena Vista Recreation Area: 14.2 mi
- Overton Wildlife Management Area: 17.0 mi
- Overton Park: 19.5 mi
- Mack Lyon Park: 19.5 mi
- Logandale Heritage park: 22.7 mi
- Redstone Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Seven Sisters Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
- Atlatl Rock Picnic Area: 12.4 mi
- Mouse's Tank Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- The fire pit at Red Rock: 22.4 mi
- Rioville: 8.3 mi
- St. Thomas: 15.1 mi
- Crystal: 23.5 mi
- Garnet: 24.5 mi
- Lost Man Hot Spring: 24.6 mi
- Two Mile Hot Spring: 24.9 mi
- Hot Springs: 25.0 mi
- Valley of Fire State Park: 16.8 mi
- Overton Wildlife Management Area: 17.7 mi
- Lost City Museum: 18.9 mi
- Olshacs Museum: 23.3 mi
- Winged Figures of the Republic: 22.9 mi
- Winged Figures of the Republic: 22.9 mi
- Blue Point Spring Parking Area: 9.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boulder Canyon Wild Life Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jumbo Peak | ESE 103° | 1,736 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mica Peak | E 88° | 1,719 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mount Wilson | SSW 205° | 1,663 m | 20.0 mi |
| Bonelli Peak | ESE 123° | 1,601 m | 14.0 mi |
| Muddy Peak | WNW 282° | 1,590 m | 13.3 mi |
| Gold Butte | E 86° | 1,529 m | 15.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Peak | ESE 108° | 1,473 m | 14.3 mi |
| Garrett Butte | ESE 109° | 1,164 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:21 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:02 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 15:47 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 78 | 88 | 95 | 94 | 85 | 71 | 57 | 47 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Echo BAY, 4 mi away.
- Beavertail Pricklypear21 obs
- Silverleaf Sunray20 obs
- Creosote Bush16 obs
- Las Vegas Bearpoppy16 obs
- Silver Cholla15 obs
- Johnson's Beehive Cactus10 obs
- California Barrel Cactus9 obs
- Devil's Spineflower7 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357556111
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