Paint Pots
Paint Pots rises to 547 m in Arizona. Mount Wilson stands 1,663 m to the east-southeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Fortification Hill, a peak 1.2 miles away. Bitter Springs Back Country Byway passes 18 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Arizona, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49059403, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 547 m
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the Bitter Springs Back Country Byway
- 25.8 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 25.8 mi off the Valley of Fire State Park Roadways
- 26.3 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
Overlooks nearby
- Atlatl Rock Petroglyphs · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hemenway Valley Park: 8.0 mi
- Wilbur Square: 8.7 mi
- Celebration Park: 8.7 mi
- Bootleg Canyon Park: 9.9 mi
- Veterans' Memorial Park: 10.3 mi
- Fortification Hill: 1.2 mi
- Promontory Point: 2.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Mount Wilson: 6.1 mi
- Boxcar Rock: 6.7 mi
- Boneyard of Hoover Dam: 3.1 mi
- Slot Canyons: 4.2 mi
- Liberty Bell Arch: 5.0 mi
- (unknown object): 8.9 mi
- Peak Overlook: 9.5 mi
- Memorial to Hoover Dam Dead: 2.8 mi
- Hoover Dam: 2.9 mi
- Hoover Dam Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Hoover Dam Mascot Memorial: 2.9 mi
- High Scaler Statue: 3.0 mi
- Winged Figures of the Republic: 2.9 mi
- It All Starts Here.: 15.0 mi
- Rock Lizards: 17.2 mi
- Smiley Face Rock Art: 17.6 mi
- Gas Can/Chainwheel/Bullet Art: 17.7 mi
- Nevada Hot Spring: 3.1 mi
- Wildhorse Spring: 6.2 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 11.3 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 14.0 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 16.2 mi
- Burro Point: 2.5 mi
- Hemenway Wall: 2.9 mi
- The Cliffs: 9.1 mi
- The Pillars: 9.7 mi
- Stewart Cliffs: 11.1 mi
- Boulder City Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- Victory Garden: 13.9 mi
- Rock Garden: 19.8 mi
- Rock Art (Peace): 21.1 mi
- College of Fine Arts Garden: 24.8 mi
- Boulder City-Hoover Dam Museum: 8.8 mi
- Tom Devlin's Monster Museum: 9.7 mi
- Clark County Museum: 13.8 mi
- Shelby Museum: 24.1 mi
- Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and Harry Reid Center: 24.9 mi
- Rioville: 18.4 mi
- Apex: 23.3 mi
- Arrolime: 24.1 mi
- El Dorado City: 24.4 mi
- Lucky Jim Camp: 24.4 mi
- Lost Man Hot Spring: 4.7 mi
- Two Mile Hot Spring: 5.0 mi
- Arizona Hot Springs: 6.0 mi
- Ringbolt Hot Spring: 6.0 mi
- South Beach: 4.8 mi
- Boulder Beach: 5.0 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 5.1 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 16.5 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 16.8 mi
- North McCullough Wilderness: 24.5 mi
- Redstone Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 23.2 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 8.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Paint Pots. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wilson | ESE 124° | 1,663 m | 6.1 mi |
| Muddy Peak | N 2° | 1,590 m | 17.5 mi |
| Peak 5058 | WSW 243° | 1,542 m | 21.5 mi |
| Peak 4928 | WSW 246° | 1,502 m | 21.1 mi |
| Arden Peak | WSW 250° | 1,322 m | 20.3 mi |
| Peak 4163 | WSW 252° | 1,269 m | 19.5 mi |
| Black Hill | WSW 246° | 1,245 m | 14.9 mi |
| Frenchman Mountain | WNW 299° | 1,236 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:22 | 20:00 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:03 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:49 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 90 | 96 | 93 | 85 | 72 | 59 | 50 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alan Bible Visitor CTR, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359249644
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 26 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 27 mi
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