Oats Park
Oats Park is a park in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,207 m. Desert Peak stands 1,954 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Oats Park Arts Center, a attraction 0.1 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America runs past it. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- On the The Loneliest Road in America
- 29.1 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 29.8 mi off the Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway, National
61 named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Hill: 1.5 mi
- Grimes Point: 8.5 mi
- Eetz Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Morrison Peak: 9.4 mi
- Reed Butte: 10.0 mi
- West End Elementary School Field: 0.8 mi
- Laura Mills Park: 1.0 mi
- Churchill County Regional Park: 1.4 mi
- Fallon Nature Reserve: 2.5 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 13.4 mi
- Rock Springs: 17.0 mi
- Allen Springs: 18.3 mi
- Lee Hot Springs: 18.5 mi
- Mud Hole Spring: 20.7 mi
- Ripley Spring: 21.3 mi
- S Line Reservoir Beach: 2.8 mi
- Soda Lake Beach: 7.0 mi
- Churchill Beach: 15.0 mi
- Sixmile Beach: 18.1 mi
- Virginia Beach: 21.8 mi
- Nevada City: 5.8 mi
- Ragtown: 8.1 mi
- Salt Wells: 12.0 mi
- Stillwater: 12.3 mi
- Leete: 24.0 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 16.3 mi
- Sand Springs Pony Express Station: 22.6 mi
- Oats Park Arts Center: 0.1 mi
- Churchill County Museum: 0.7 mi
- Stillwater Point: 16.8 mi
- Fernley Wildlife Management Area: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oats Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Peak | S 190° | 1,954 m | 18.4 mi |
| Desert Peak | NNW 338° | 1,627 m | 23.4 mi |
| Red Mountain | WSW 242° | 1,622 m | 12.4 mi |
| The Nipple | WSW 240° | 1,559 m | 12.3 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 340° | 1,515 m | 24.6 mi |
| Black Butte | WNW 296° | 1,428 m | 17.0 mi |
| Sehoo Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,392 m | 10.0 mi |
| Cinnabar Hill | NNW 345° | 1,380 m | 24.0 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 | 06:43 | 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, 1 mi away.
- Desert Spiny Lizard13 obs
- House Finch12 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider10 obs
- Mourning Dove9 obs
- Western Black Widow9 obs
- Cooper's Hawk8 obs
- American Robin7 obs
- European Starling7 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/524684630
Day trips start here
- Fallon · 0 mi
- Fernley · 25 mi
- Silver Springs · 25 mi
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