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Searchlight Town Park

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Searchlight Town Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,081 m. McCullough Mountain stands 2,125 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is George Frederick Colton and the Duplex Mine, a historic site 0.3 miles away. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1081 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.46486, -114.91649

104 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 50
  • Summit Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Boat Tank Springs: 3.9 mi
  • Indian Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Wesselhoff Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Tip Top Spring: 8.0 mi
Peaks: 28
  • Doherty Mountain: 0.4 mi
  • Duplex Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Fourth of July Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Bill Gays Butte: 8.8 mi
  • Black Mountain: 9.5 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • George Frederick Colton and the Duplex Mine: 0.3 mi
  • 152159 United States Navy P3A Orion Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Cal - Nev - Ari: 11.5 mi
  • Mining Town Of Hart: 16.7 mi
  • Cattle pen/ natural spring: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 3
Rest areas: 2
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Searchlight Town Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McCullough MountainWNW 303°2,125 m17.6 mi
Crescent PeakW 274°1,775 m11.9 mi
Castle PeaksWSW 244°1,712 m15.3 mi
Spirit MountainSE 140°1,687 m17.0 mi
Mount PerkinsENE 72°1,660 m24.1 mi
Hart PeakSW 227°1,651 m12.4 mi
Devils ThumbSE 137°1,574 m16.5 mi
Ireteba PeaksNNE 29°1,528 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1818:52
June solstice05:2619:2119:59
September equinox06:2818:0418:38
December solstice06:4615:5216:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464854616979858477665445
Precip in1.21.50.70.40.10.00.80.80.50.50.30.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Searchlight, under a mile away.

  • Eastern Joshua tree54 obs
  • Creosote Bush43 obs
  • Mojave Yucca25 obs
  • Buckhorn Cholla23 obs
  • Silver Cholla23 obs
  • Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus23 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle12 obs
  • Cottontop Cactus8 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/164633311

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