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Desert View Natural Environment Area

Desert View Natural Environment Area from directly overhead

Desert View Natural Environment Area is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,493 m. Charleston Peak stands 3,632 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Catch Pan, a spring 4.9 miles away. Mt. Charleston Scenic Byway runs past it. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1493 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.41802, -115.53918

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Indian Springs Park: 12.9 mi
  • Skye View Park: 14.1 mi
  • Somerston Community Park: 14.1 mi
  • Skye Hills Park at Farm Rd: 14.1 mi
  • Skye Hills Trail: 14.2 mi
Springs: 49
  • Catch Pan: 4.9 mi
  • Lower Deer Creek Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Mud Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Mud Springs: 8.7 mi
  • Mud Springs: 9.0 mi
Peaks: 44
  • Angel Peak: 7.2 mi
  • Indian Ridge: 8.4 mi
  • The Sisters: 10.1 mi
  • Fletcher Peak: 10.2 mi
  • Mummy Mountain: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 27
  • End of Trail (Keystone Thrust Trail): 16.9 mi
  • Drop: 17.1 mi
  • Rock Drop: 17.4 mi
  • "X" Marks the Spot: 17.7 mi
  • Gap Jump: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 26
  • People's Wall: 11.9 mi
  • Dreamland: 11.9 mi
  • Insomnia Cave: 11.9 mi
  • The Grasshouse: 12.0 mi
  • Echo Cliff: 13.0 mi
Historic sites: 7
  • Silent Heroes of the Cold War National Memorial: 10.6 mi
  • Cross for Chad David England (1979-2008): 17.6 mi
  • Andreas Probst: 18.7 mi
  • Dedication Walkway: 20.5 mi
  • Wilson Homestead: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Mary Jane Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Big Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Little Falls: 13.0 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Gardens: 1
  • The Grove: 16.6 mi
Museums: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Desert View Natural Environment Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Charleston PeakSW 221°3,632 m13.3 mi
Mummy MountainSW 217°3,454 m10.2 mi
Griffith PeakSSW 205°3,369 m14.1 mi
McFarland PeakWSW 243°3,266 m11.7 mi
Bonanza PeakWSW 251°3,164 m12.3 mi
Fletcher PeakSSW 207°3,122 m10.2 mi
The SistersSW 233°3,102 m10.1 mi
Harris MountainSSW 198°3,052 m12.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4718:2018:54
June solstice05:2519:2620:04
September equinox06:3118:0718:41
December solstice06:5115:5116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444754606979848375635143
Precip in0.60.80.60.20.20.10.50.30.30.40.30.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Desert NWR, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Joshua tree126 obs
  • Banana Yucca38 obs
  • Silver Cholla34 obs
  • Creosote Bush20 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus18 obs
  • Donkey16 obs
  • Branched Pencil Cholla15 obs
  • Apache plume15 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357559736

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