Virgin River Recreation Area
Virgin River Recreation Area is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 431 m. Virgin Peak stands 2,422 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Virgin Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. Gold Butte Back Country Byway runs past it. 149 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 431 m
How to reach it
- On the Gold Butte Back Country Byway
- 24.4 mi off the Valley of Fire State Park Roadways
Overlooks nearby
- Whitney Pocket Overlook · 15 mi
- Atlatl Rock Petroglyphs · 28 mi
149 named places within 25 miles
- Whitney Pocket Day-Use Parking: 15.3 mi
- Neapolitan Arch: 15.3 mi
- Whitney Pocket Arch: 15.3 mi
- Jump: 17.3 mi
- Jump: 17.3 mi
- Government Spring: 6.5 mi
- North Key West Spring: 8.0 mi
- Hen Spring: 8.2 mi
- South Key West Spring: 8.4 mi
- Lime Spring: 13.9 mi
- Virgin Hill: 2.1 mi
- Little Virgin Peak: 9.1 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 10.3 mi
- Virgin Peak: 10.9 mi
- Davidson Peak: 12.6 mi
- Thomas Leavitt Memorial Park: 5.5 mi
- Mesquite Regional Park Trailhead: 6.6 mi
- Mesquite Rodeo Grounds: 7.4 mi
- Desert Rose Park: 8.9 mi
- Woodbury Park: 9.2 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 20.3 mi
- Hanning Store: 20.3 mi
- School House: 20.3 mi
- Garage: 20.3 mi
- Gibson Home: 20.3 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 3.4 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 4.9 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 4.9 mi
- Mormon Mesa: 6.7 mi
- Flat Top Mesa: 7.2 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Northbound, Mile 110: 4.0 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Southbound, Mile 111: 4.1 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 10.1 mi
- Truck Parking I-15 Northbound, Mile 96: 15.6 mi
- Truck Parking, I-15 Southbound, Mile 96: 16.0 mi
- Donkey History Museum: 9.2 mi
- Virgin Valley Heritage Museum: 9.6 mi
- Olshacs Museum: 17.6 mi
- Lost City Museum: 18.7 mi
- Old Swim Beach: 21.9 mi
- Ann Marguret Beach: 22.5 mi
- Engine Beach: 23.3 mi
- Overton Wildlife Management Area: 19.0 mi
- Valley of Fire State Park: 23.0 mi
- Logandale Trailhead: 19.7 mi
- The fire pit at Red Rock: 20.8 mi
- Double Negative: 10.8 mi
- St. Thomas: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Virgin River Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Peak | SSE 147° | 2,422 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Bangs | ENE 79° | 2,420 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mormon Peak | NW 317° | 2,254 m | 22.7 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | E 83° | 2,245 m | 22.9 mi |
| Moapa Peak | WNW 304° | 1,955 m | 15.4 mi |
| Rust Peak | NW 309° | 1,940.052 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mud Mountain | E 100° | 1,764 m | 24.3 mi |
| Billy Goat Peak | SSE 151° | 1,738 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:21 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 18:01 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 15:45 | 16:25 |
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, 6 mi away.
- Creosote Bush36 obs
- Buckhorn Cholla30 obs
- Engelmann's Hedgehog Cactus28 obs
- Beavertail Pricklypear26 obs
- California Barrel Cactus24 obs
- Silver Cholla18 obs
- Burrobush16 obs
- Beaver Dam Scurfpea10 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/357555112
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