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Veterans Memorial Park

Veterans Memorial Park from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial Park is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,302 m. Mount Grant stands 3,421 m to the west-northwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mineral County Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1302 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.53279, -118.62514

81 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 32
  • Whisky Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Sorhouet Springs: 12.1 mi
  • Stageroad Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Wild Horse Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Willow Spring: 13.7 mi
Peaks: 30
  • Mount Grant: 9.4 mi
  • Big Indian Mountain: 9.9 mi
  • Corey Peak: 10.3 mi
  • Buller Mountain: 11.0 mi
  • Pike Peak: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Historic sites: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
Parks: 2
  • Walker Lake State Park: 11.8 mi
  • Walker Lake Recreation Area: 13.5 mi
Hot springs: 2
  • Booker Hot Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Walker River Hot Spring: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Luning Rest Area: 24.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GrantWNW 286°3,421 m9.4 mi
Corey PeakSW 236°3,201 m10.3 mi
Big Indian MountainWSW 252°3,062 m9.9 mi
Powell MountainSSW 196°2,903 m14.7 mi
Buller MountainSSW 198°2,879 m11.0 mi
East Brawley PeakSW 219°2,872.74 m24.6 mi
Mount HicksSSW 211°2,869 m20.4 mi
Table MountainS 187°2,820 m16.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:07
June solstice05:3119:4320:23
September equinox06:4318:1818:53
December solstice07:0915:5616:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149536272797769574537
Precip in0.40.40.50.30.70.30.40.20.10.40.40.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawthorne, 1 mi away.

  • desert dandelion7 obs
  • Saltlover7 obs
  • harmel4 obs
  • Western Honey Bee3 obs
  • Western Black Widow3 obs
  • Redstem Stork's-bill3 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx3 obs
  • apricot globemallow3 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/702169640

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