Jacks Valley Wildlife Management Area
Jacks Valley Wildlife Management Area is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,524 m. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is James Lee Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 5.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1524 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 13.8 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
- 15.4 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 26.9 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 8 mi
- Cave Rock · 8 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 11 mi
- Scenic lookout · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- James Lee Park: 0.9 mi
- Valley Vista Park: 1.5 mi
- South Sunridge Park: 1.7 mi
- North Sunridge Park: 1.8 mi
- Fuji Park & Fairgrounds: 2.4 mi
- Duane Bliss Peak: 4.0 mi
- Hot Springs Mountain: 4.6 mi
- C Hill: 4.8 mi
- South Camp Peak: 4.8 mi
- Prison Hill: 5.2 mi
- Saratoga Hot Spring: 3.9 mi
- Taylor Spring: 5.8 mi
- Folsom Spring: 10.6 mi
- Erastra Spring: 12.1 mi
- Bull Run Spring: 12.5 mi
- Carson Raceway: 7.4 mi
- Thunderbird Lodge: 9.1 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 9.6 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 9.6 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 10.5 mi
- Creek Beach: 8.1 mi
- Whale Beach: 8.1 mi
- Boaters Beach: 8.1 mi
- Secret Cove Beach: 8.4 mi
- Secret Beach: 9.0 mi
- Nevada State Railroad Museum: 4.6 mi
- Old US Mint: 5.8 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 6.2 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 10.3 mi
- Eastgate Depot: 10.4 mi
- River Fork Ranch Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Scripps State Wildlife Management Area: 14.1 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 15.6 mi
- Placer County Open Space: 17.8 mi
- Dollar Property: 18.3 mi
- Nevada State Constitution Monument: 5.6 mi
- Nevada Vietnam Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 7.1 mi
- Ophir Mill Historical Marker: 14.5 mi
- Benny Heineike's Rock: 15.9 mi
- Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 4.7 mi
- Genoa Falls: 6.8 mi
- Jumbo Falls: 17.8 mi
- Eagle Falls: 19.0 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 19.0 mi
- Tallac Point: 16.9 mi
- Slab Cliffs: 16.9 mi
- Twin Crags: 20.2 mi
- Cathedral Peak: 20.5 mi
- Thunder Cliff: 21.3 mi
- Washoe City: 16.1 mi
- Sutro: 17.7 mi
- Galena: 18.1 mi
- Como: 18.5 mi
- Stone Cabin: 20.2 mi
- St Theresa: 13.9 mi
- The Big Tree: 19.0 mi
- Pelican Sculpture: 23.7 mi
- Frog Sculpture: 23.7 mi
- Carson City Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 16.6 mi
- Norton Park: 21.5 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 17.5 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Jacks Valley Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | SSW 198° | 3,305 m | 16.7 mi |
| Jobs Sister | SSW 196° | 3,299 m | 16.2 mi |
| Jobs Peak | S 191° | 3,233 m | 16.2 mi |
| Relay Peak | NNW 334° | 3,135 m | 17.4 mi |
| Monument Peak | SSW 204° | 3,068 m | 12.5 mi |
| Trimmer Peak | SSW 203° | 3,016 m | 16.3 mi |
| Tamarack Peak | NNW 338° | 3,012 m | 17.1 mi |
| Slide Mountain | NNW 345° | 2,936 m | 16.1 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 | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:58 | 16:41 |
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, 3 mi away.
- Carson Valley Monkeyflower43 obs
- Desert Peach35 obs
- Green Ephedra21 obs
- Antelope Bitterbrush20 obs
- desert bitterbrush17 obs
- flatbud prickly poppy14 obs
- Brown's Peony14 obs
- Linearleaf Phacelia14 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/357559880
Day trips start here
- Lake Tahoe · 13 mi
- Incline Village · 14 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 17 mi
- Virginia City · 17 mi
- Bliss State Park · 18 mi
- Homewood · 19 mi
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