Centennial Park
Centennial Park is a park in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,435 m. Mount Rose stands 3,285 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Peak, a peak 0.5 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 6.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 11.7 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 12.2 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 12 mi
- Scenic lookout · 13 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 16 mi
- Cave Rock · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Centennial Peak: 0.5 mi
- Rifle Range Hill: 1.6 mi
- Skinny Ridge Bump: 2.2 mi
- Indian Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Sedge Overlook: 2.7 mi
- Morgan Mill River Access Park: 1.1 mi
- Empire Ranch Estates Park: 1.5 mi
- Riley Circle Park: 1.9 mi
- Park Terrace Park: 2.2 mi
- Blackwell's Pond Park: 2.5 mi
- Pelican Sculpture: 15.7 mi
- Frog Sculpture: 15.7 mi
- The Holland Project: 22.1 mi
- Valor Tatoo Parlor: 22.1 mi
- Rainshadow Community Charter High: 22.1 mi
- Carson City Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Norton Park: 12.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 20.6 mi
- The Rose Garden: 23.3 mi
- Sensory Garden: 23.3 mi
- Eastgate Depot: 1.5 mi
- Old US Mint: 3.9 mi
- Nevada State Railroad Museum: 4.8 mi
- Dayton Museum: 6.7 mi
- Dayton Museum: 6.7 mi
- Carson Raceway: 3.6 mi
- Palmyra Town Site: 11.3 mi
- Palmyra Mining Camp: 11.3 mi
- Thunderbird Lodge: 12.2 mi
- Customs: 12.4 mi
- South Beach: 4.6 mi
- Sand Harbor Beach: 11.9 mi
- Secret Beach: 12.0 mi
- Hidden Beach: 12.0 mi
- Sand Harbor: 12.0 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Nevada Vietnam Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Nevada State Constitution Monument: 4.0 mi
- Virginia City's Oldest Church: 8.1 mi
- Dowling's Blacksmith Shop: 8.2 mi
- Scripps State Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
- Galena Creek Regional Park: 13.3 mi
- Galena Terrace: 13.4 mi
- River Fork Ranch Preserve: 16.1 mi
- Ballardini Open Space: 18.4 mi
- Taylor Spring: 6.2 mi
- Bull Run Spring: 7.1 mi
- Saratoga Hot Spring: 9.9 mi
- Erastra Spring: 10.0 mi
- Lebo Spring: 12.3 mi
- Slab Cliffs: 14.9 mi
- Susans Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 23.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 24.7 mi
- Twin Crags: 24.7 mi
- Sutro: 8.7 mi
- Washoe City: 9.2 mi
- Galena: 11.3 mi
- Como: 12.5 mi
- Stone Cabin: 13.9 mi
- Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 6.7 mi
- Jumbo Falls: 9.1 mi
- Genoa Falls: 16.1 mi
- Pony Bob Haslam Group Use Area: 24.0 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Centennial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Rose | NW 312° | 3,285 m | 15.1 mi |
| Relay Peak | WNW 302° | 3,135 m | 15.1 mi |
| Tamarack Peak | NW 306° | 3,012 m | 14.1 mi |
| Slide Mountain | NW 310° | 2,936 m | 12.3 mi |
| Rose Knob Peak | WNW 296° | 2,932 m | 14.9 mi |
| Chocolate Peak | NW 317° | 2,867 m | 14.7 mi |
| Snow Valley Peak | WSW 252° | 2,803 m | 9.9 mi |
| Genoa Peak | SW 221° | 2,788 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:58 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carson City, 6 mi away.
- Carson Valley Monkeyflower26 obs
- Long-nosed Leopard Lizard16 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler14 obs
- White-crowned Sparrow13 obs
- Northern Flicker13 obs
- California Scrub-Jay11 obs
- American Robin10 obs
- Western Fence Lizard10 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 way/610307206
Day trips start here
- Virginia City · 8 mi
- Republic of Molossia · 12 mi
- Incline Village · 15 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 19 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 19 mi
- Reno · 23 mi
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