Ross Gold Park
Ross Gold Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,448 m. Monument Peak stands 3,068 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fuji Park & Fairgrounds, a park 0.9 miles away. Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive passes 7.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1448 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 12.2 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 12.8 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
- 29.5 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 10 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 11 mi
- Cave Rock · 11 mi
- Scenic lookout · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fuji Park & Fairgrounds: 0.9 mi
- Pete Livermore Sports Complex: 1.0 mi
- Sonoma Park: 1.1 mi
- Schulz Ranch Park: 1.5 mi
- Greenbelt Park: 1.9 mi
- Prison Hill: 2.5 mi
- C Hill: 2.5 mi
- Hot Springs Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Sedge Overlook: 4.9 mi
- Skinny Ridge Bump: 5.4 mi
- Nevada State Railroad Museum: 1.6 mi
- Old US Mint: 2.9 mi
- Eastgate Depot: 7.1 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 9.4 mi
- Dayton Museum: 12.1 mi
- Taylor Spring: 4.1 mi
- Saratoga Hot Spring: 4.9 mi
- Bull Run Spring: 9.8 mi
- Erastra Spring: 10.4 mi
- Lebo Spring: 11.6 mi
- South Beach: 7.4 mi
- Creek Beach: 9.0 mi
- Boaters Beach: 9.0 mi
- Whale Beach: 9.1 mi
- Secret Cove Beach: 9.1 mi
- Carson Raceway: 4.6 mi
- Thunderbird Lodge: 9.5 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 12.8 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 12.8 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 13.7 mi
- River Fork Ranch Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Scripps State Wildlife Management Area: 11.6 mi
- Galena Creek Regional Park: 16.4 mi
- Galena Terrace: 17.8 mi
- Placer County Open Space: 18.4 mi
- Nevada State Constitution Monument: 2.6 mi
- Nevada Vietnam Memorial: 3.0 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Ophir Mill Historical Marker: 12.2 mi
- Virginia City's Oldest Church: 14.1 mi
- Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 3.4 mi
- Genoa Falls: 10.1 mi
- Jumbo Falls: 14.7 mi
- Eagle Falls: 22.0 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 22.1 mi
- Slab Cliffs: 15.8 mi
- Tallac Point: 20.0 mi
- Twin Crags: 21.6 mi
- Susans Bluff: 22.4 mi
- Thunder Cliff: 22.7 mi
- Washoe City: 13.5 mi
- Sutro: 14.5 mi
- Galena: 15.5 mi
- Como: 15.9 mi
- Stone Cabin: 17.5 mi
- St Theresa: 17.1 mi
- The Big Tree: 20.3 mi
- Pelican Sculpture: 20.8 mi
- Frog Sculpture: 20.8 mi
- Carson City Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Norton Park: 18.3 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 19.8 mi
- Meeks Bay Beach: 20.0 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Ross Gold Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monument Peak | SSW 207° | 3,068 m | 15.7 mi |
| Tamarack Peak | NNW 328° | 3,012 m | 15.7 mi |
| Slide Mountain | NNW 334° | 2,936 m | 14.4 mi |
| Rose Knob Peak | NW 319° | 2,932 m | 15.5 mi |
| East Peak | SSW 211° | 2,899 m | 14.7 mi |
| Snow Valley Peak | WNW 287° | 2,803 m | 6.5 mi |
| Genoa Peak | SW 227° | 2,788 m | 8.4 mi |
| South Camp Peak | SW 235° | 2,700 m | 7.9 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 | 18:22 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:58 | 16:40 |
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, under a mile away.
- Carson Valley Monkeyflower65 obs
- Desert Peach23 obs
- Desert Horned Lizard20 obs
- Green Ephedra17 obs
- Western Fence Lizard15 obs
- American Wigeon15 obs
- Long-nosed Leopard Lizard14 obs
- miniature monkeyflower14 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/178504260
Day trips start here
- Incline Village · 14 mi
- Virginia City · 14 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 15 mi
- Tahoe Vista · 17 mi
- Republic of Molossia · 18 mi
- Tahoe City · 20 mi
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