Churchill County Regional Park
Churchill County Regional Park is a park in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,207 m. Cleaver Peak stands 1,984 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Laura Mills Park, a park 0.7 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 1.3 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the The Loneliest Road in America
- 27.9 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 29.3 mi off the Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway, National
60 named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Hill: 2.9 mi
- Grimes Point: 8.9 mi
- Eetz Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Morrison Peak: 10.0 mi
- Sehoo Mountain: 10.6 mi
- Laura Mills Park: 0.7 mi
- West End Elementary School Field: 0.9 mi
- Oats Park: 1.4 mi
- Fallon Nature Reserve: 3.1 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 12.3 mi
- S Line Reservoir Beach: 4.1 mi
- Soda Lake Beach: 6.7 mi
- Churchill Beach: 14.0 mi
- Sixmile Beach: 16.9 mi
- Virginia Beach: 20.7 mi
- Rock Springs: 17.0 mi
- Allen Springs: 17.4 mi
- Lee Hot Springs: 17.7 mi
- Mud Hole Spring: 21.8 mi
- Ripley Spring: 22.3 mi
- Nevada City: 6.4 mi
- Ragtown: 7.6 mi
- Salt Wells: 12.3 mi
- Stillwater: 13.6 mi
- Leete: 24.2 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 15.9 mi
- Sand Springs Pony Express Station: 22.9 mi
- Churchill County Museum: 0.7 mi
- Oats Park Arts Center: 1.4 mi
- Stillwater Point: 17.9 mi
- Fernley Wildlife Management Area: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Churchill County Regional Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleaver Peak | SW 228° | 1,984 m | 25.0 mi |
| Desert Peak | S 188° | 1,954 m | 17.2 mi |
| Painted Mesa | S 184° | 1,842 m | 24.0 mi |
| Desert Peak | NNW 341° | 1,627 m | 24.0 mi |
| Red Mountain | WSW 244° | 1,622 m | 11.0 mi |
| The Nipple | WSW 241° | 1,559 m | 11.0 mi |
| Black Butte | WNW 300° | 1,428 m | 16.6 mi |
| Polaris Mountain | WNW 300° | 1,409 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:46 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:53 | 16:35 |
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 | 33 | 38 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fallon EXP STN, under a mile away.
- showy milkweed16 obs
- House Finch13 obs
- Desert Spiny Lizard11 obs
- Mourning Dove9 obs
- Western Black Widow9 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider9 obs
- House Sparrow8 obs
- Monarch8 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/524815324
Day trips start here
- Fallon · 1 mi
- Silver Springs · 24 mi
- Fernley · 25 mi
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