Dayton State Park
Dayton State Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,329 m. Slide Mountain stands 2,936 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Dayton State Park Historic Mill Site, a park 0.3 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1329 m
How to reach it
- On the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 13.7 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
- 18.3 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic lookout · 18 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 19 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 23 mi
- Cave Rock · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dayton State Park Historic Mill Site: 0.3 mi
- Dayton Valley Dog Park: 0.7 mi
- Como Park: 0.7 mi
- Dayton Skate Park: 0.7 mi
- Our Park: 1.2 mi
- Kate Peak: 2.3 mi
- Rose Peak: 2.8 mi
- Mount Grosh: 2.9 mi
- Grizzly Hill: 3.0 mi
- Basalt Mesa: 3.3 mi
- Pelican Sculpture: 14.3 mi
- Frog Sculpture: 14.4 mi
- The Holland Project: 21.5 mi
- Valor Tatoo Parlor: 21.5 mi
- Rainshadow Community Charter High: 21.5 mi
- Norton Park: 5.7 mi
- Carson City Community Garden: 10.4 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 18.8 mi
- Community Garden: 22.8 mi
- The Rose Garden: 23.0 mi
- Dayton Museum: 0.8 mi
- Dayton Museum: 0.8 mi
- Comstock Gold Mill: 5.1 mi
- Chollar Mansion: 5.1 mi
- Fourth Ward School: 5.2 mi
- Virginia City's Oldest Church: 5.4 mi
- S H & N Mill - Former Site of: 5.4 mi
- William Sharon: 5.4 mi
- Dowling's Blacksmith Shop: 5.5 mi
- The Great Fire of 1875: 5.5 mi
- Customs: 5.7 mi
- Republic of Molossia: 5.7 mi
- Molossia's Friendship Gateway: 5.7 mi
- Molhenge: 5.7 mi
- Peace Pole: 5.7 mi
- South Beach: 10.5 mi
- Hidden Beach: 18.4 mi
- Sand Harbor Beach: 18.7 mi
- Sand Harbor: 18.8 mi
- Secret Beach: 19.0 mi
- Bull Run Spring: 6.5 mi
- Barton Springs: 6.6 mi
- Stone Spring: 9.8 mi
- Erastra Spring: 10.7 mi
- Cooney Springs: 12.4 mi
- Scripps State Wildlife Management Area: 12.1 mi
- Galena Terrace: 14.0 mi
- Galena Creek Regional Park: 16.1 mi
- Ballardini Open Space: 18.8 mi
- River Fork Ranch Preserve: 22.3 mi
- Sutro: 2.2 mi
- Como: 7.9 mi
- Stone Cabin: 8.5 mi
- Washoe City: 11.5 mi
- Galena: 12.9 mi
- Susans Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Slab Cliffs: 19.9 mi
- Giants Throne: 20.2 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 24.1 mi
- Jumbo Falls: 8.0 mi
- Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 14.0 mi
- Genoa Falls: 22.7 mi
- Pony Bob Haslam Group Use Area: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Dayton State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slide Mountain | WNW 286° | 2,936 m | 16.5 mi |
| Snow Valley Peak | WSW 248° | 2,803 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Como | SSE 159° | 2,743 m | 16.8 mi |
| Marlette Peak | WSW 256° | 2,661 m | 17.0 mi |
| Lyon Peak | SE 144° | 2,627 m | 10.3 mi |
| Herlan Peak | W 260° | 2,607 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mineral Peak | S 170° | 2,519 m | 14.1 mi |
| Rawe Peak | ESE 120° | 2,511 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:57 | 16:39 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 41 | 45 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Virginia City, 6 mi away.
- Big Sagebrush5 obs
- Achemon Sphinx5 obs
- Great Horned Owl4 obs
- Western Fence Lizard4 obs
- Russian olive4 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk3 obs
- Yellow-headed Blackbird3 obs
- flatbud prickly poppy3 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/357553879
Day trips start here
- Virginia City · 5 mi
- Republic of Molossia · 6 mi
- Incline Village · 21 mi
- Reno · 23 mi
- Silver Springs · 23 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 25 mi
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