Pine Creek Canyon Natural Area
Pine Creek Canyon Natural Area is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,662 m. Charleston Peak stands 3,632 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Keystone Thrust, a cliff 0.4 miles away. Red Rock Canyon Road passes 1.9 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1662 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Road
- 3.1 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 10.0 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
- 10.0 mi off the Mt. Charleston Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Red Rock Wash Overlook · 2 mi
- Red Rock Canyon Dedication Overlook · 3 mi
- Red Rock Overlook · 3 mi
- High Point Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- End of Trail (Keystone Thrust Trail): 4.0 mi
- Red Canyon Scenic Drive: 4.4 mi
- Red Rock National Conservation Park: 4.4 mi
- Rock Circle: 4.7 mi
- Jump - Double: 5.1 mi
- Blue Diamond Park: 7.7 mi
- Stonebridge Park: 7.7 mi
- Paseos Park: 8.2 mi
- Fox Hill Park: 8.5 mi
- Terrace Park: 8.9 mi
- Journey to the West: 17.0 mi
- Infinite Ship: 17.8 mi
- Gateway: 17.8 mi
- Robot: 17.8 mi
- Be Scorchd: 17.8 mi
- Mescalito: 0.5 mi
- Bridge Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Rainbow Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mount Wilson: 2.6 mi
- The Knoll: 2.7 mi
- Pine Creek Spring: 0.7 mi
- Switchback Spring: 1.8 mi
- Oak Creek Spring: 2.1 mi
- Willow Springs: 2.3 mi
- South Spring: 3.4 mi
- Keystone Thrust: 0.4 mi
- Keystone Thrust: 0.5 mi
- Spectrum Wall: 0.6 mi
- Brass Wall: 0.7 mi
- Straight Shooter Wall: 0.7 mi
- Sahara West Library and Fine Arts Museum: 11.0 mi
- Waterworks Museum: 17.5 mi
- Nevada State Museum: 17.6 mi
- Origen Museum: 17.6 mi
- Nevada State Museum Historical Society: 17.9 mi
- Wilson Homestead: 1.0 mi
- Dedication Walkway: 4.1 mi
- Silent Heroes of the Cold War National Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Cross for Chad David England (1979-2008): 12.9 mi
- Joe Zaher: 13.6 mi
- Provident Community Garden: 15.5 mi
- Herb Garden: 17.6 mi
- Botanical Garden at the Springs Preserve: 17.6 mi
- Wildlife Gardens: 17.6 mi
- Rock Garden: 17.6 mi
- Cathedral Rock Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Deer Creek Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 21.9 mi
- Corn Creek Trails picnic area: 22.9 mi
- Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: 4.7 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 17.3 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 18.7 mi
- Little Falls: 12.3 mi
- Big Falls: 13.8 mi
- Mary Jane Falls: 14.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pine Creek Canyon Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Peak | NW 312° | 3,632 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mummy Mountain | NW 325° | 3,454 m | 14.4 mi |
| Griffith Peak | NW 312° | 3,369 m | 10.8 mi |
| McFarland Peak | NW 320° | 3,266 m | 19.3 mi |
| Bonanza Peak | NW 319° | 3,164 m | 21.0 mi |
| Fletcher Peak | NNW 328° | 3,122 m | 12.8 mi |
| The Sisters | NW 324° | 3,102 m | 17.2 mi |
| Harris Mountain | NW 322° | 3,052 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:52 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 46 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 78 | 84 | 83 | 75 | 63 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Rock Canyon - SPG MT RCH S, 5 mi away.
- Buckhorn Cholla287 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard143 obs
- pointleaf manzanita110 obs
- Plains Pricklypear107 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus105 obs
- Mojave Yucca84 obs
- Sonoran scrub oak82 obs
- Pacific chorus frog73 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/357552667
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