Mesquite Rodeo Grounds
Mesquite Rodeo Grounds is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 505 m. Virgin Peak stands 2,422 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesquite Regional Park Trailhead, a park 1.1 miles away. Gold Butte Back Country Byway passes 7.5 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 505 m
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Gold Butte Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitney Pocket Overlook · 20 mi
118 named places within 25 miles
- Hen Spring: 9.8 mi
- Government Spring: 11.7 mi
- North Key West Spring: 12.8 mi
- South Key West Spring: 13.3 mi
- Peach Spring: 14.0 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 4.0 mi
- Virgin Hill: 6.5 mi
- Lone Mesa: 9.2 mi
- Lead Mine Mountain: 11.5 mi
- Lime Kiln Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Mesquite Regional Park Trailhead: 1.1 mi
- Desert Rose Park: 1.8 mi
- Woodbury Park: 2.2 mi
- Thomas Leavitt Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
- Pulsipher Park: 2.5 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 1.5 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 2.9 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 6.4 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 9.6 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 12.9 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 3.1 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Southbound, Mile 111: 8.5 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Northbound, Mile 110: 8.5 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Northbound, Mile 96: 22.2 mi
- Truck Parking, I-15 Southbound, Mile 96: 22.6 mi
- Whitney Pocket Day-Use Parking: 19.6 mi
- Whitney Pocket Arch: 19.7 mi
- Neapolitan Arch: 19.7 mi
- Jump: 24.5 mi
- Jump: 24.5 mi
- Donkey History Museum: 2.4 mi
- Virgin Valley Heritage Museum: 2.7 mi
- Olshacs Museum: 25.0 mi
- Arizona, Nevada, Utah Tri-state Monument: 13.9 mi
- Double Negative: 18.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mesquite Rodeo Grounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Peak | S 179° | 2,422 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Bangs | E 94° | 2,420 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mormon Peak | WNW 299° | 2,254 m | 24.1 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | E 97° | 2,245 m | 17.3 mi |
| Scrub Peak | NE 44° | 2,065 m | 23.6 mi |
| Moapa Peak | W 281° | 1,955 m | 18.8 mi |
| Low Mountain | E 85° | 1,954 m | 21.7 mi |
| Rust Peak | WNW 291° | 1,940.052 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:21 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 18:01 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 15:44 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 50 | 56 | 63 | 73 | 82 | 89 | 87 | 78 | 66 | 53 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bunkerville, 3 mi away.
- Greater Roadrunner22 obs
- Creosote Bush21 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle20 obs
- Cottontop Cactus20 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard16 obs
- Gambel's Quail13 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear13 obs
- Silver Cholla12 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/357568001
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