Pulsipher Park
Pulsipher Park is a park in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 482 m. Virgin Peak stands 2,422 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Donkey History Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Gold Butte Back Country Byway passes 9.3 miles off. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the Gold Butte Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Whitney Pocket Overlook · 20 mi
119 named places within 25 miles
- Hen Spring: 9.5 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 12.2 mi
- Government Spring: 12.3 mi
- North Key West Spring: 13.2 mi
- South Key West Spring: 13.8 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 5.2 mi
- Virgin Hill: 8.7 mi
- Lone Mesa: 9.3 mi
- Lead Mine Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Lime Kiln Mountain: 10.2 mi
- Library Park: 0.4 mi
- Woodbury Park: 0.4 mi
- Recreation Center Park: 0.5 mi
- Old Mill Park: 0.6 mi
- Hunter Sports Park: 0.7 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 3.9 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 5.3 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 8.9 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 11.9 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 15.2 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 0.9 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Southbound, Mile 111: 10.9 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Northbound, Mile 110: 10.9 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Northbound, Mile 96: 24.5 mi
- Truck Parking, I-15 Southbound, Mile 96: 24.9 mi
- Whitney Pocket Day-Use Parking: 19.6 mi
- Whitney Pocket Arch: 19.7 mi
- Neapolitan Arch: 19.7 mi
- Donkey History Museum: 0.3 mi
- Virgin Valley Heritage Museum: 0.3 mi
- Arizona, Nevada, Utah Tri-state Monument: 13.8 mi
- Double Negative: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pulsipher Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Peak | S 189° | 2,422 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Bangs | E 93° | 2,420 m | 12.1 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | E 97° | 2,245 m | 14.8 mi |
| Scrub Peak | NE 38° | 2,065 m | 22.2 mi |
| Jarvis Peak | NE 38° | 1,989 m | 24.8 mi |
| Moapa Peak | W 281° | 1,955 m | 21.3 mi |
| Low Mountain | E 83° | 1,954 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mustang Knoll | ESE 103° | 1,857 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:48 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:21 | 19:59 |
| 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, 4 mi away.
- Gambel's Quail38 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle37 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk22 obs
- Greater Roadrunner18 obs
- Ring-necked Duck17 obs
- Say's Phoebe16 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard16 obs
- arrowweed16 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.
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