Potosi Mountain
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Potosi Mountain rises to 2,562 m in Nevada. Charleston Peak stands 3,632 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Potosi Spring, a spring 2.3 miles away. Red Rock Canyon Road passes 7.5 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Potosi Mountain is approximately 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Las Vegas in the Spring Mountains of Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is also called Double Up Mountain and Olcott Peak. Its main bedrock is limestone.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7235114, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2562 m
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Road
- 7.7 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 20.1 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 21.2 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
Overlooks nearby
- Red Rock Canyon Dedication Overlook · 11 mi
- Red Rock Overlook · 11 mi
- Rock Overlook · 12 mi
- Red Rock Wash Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jump: 3.7 mi
- Wilson Tanks: 4.8 mi
- Jump - Double: 9.3 mi
- Rock Circle: 9.9 mi
- The Pioneer Saloon: 10.0 mi
- Blue Diamond Park: 7.8 mi
- Goodsprings Park: 10.0 mi
- Pine Creek Canyon Natural Area: 11.2 mi
- Southwest Ridge Park: 11.7 mi
- Villas at Fort Apache Community Park: 12.0 mi
- Peak 5983: 3.3 mi
- Hollow Rock Peak: 3.4 mi
- Windy Peak: 4.2 mi
- Mountain Springs Peak: 5.0 mi
- Whiskey Peak: 5.2 mi
- Seven Magic Mountains: 15.6 mi
- Journey to the West: 20.3 mi
- Bliss Dance: 20.5 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 20.6 mi
- The Big Edge: 20.6 mi
- Potosi Spring: 2.3 mi
- Warner Spring: 3.7 mi
- Lone Grapevine Spring: 4.4 mi
- Mud Spring No 2: 5.3 mi
- Mud Spring No 1: 5.3 mi
- Amphitheater: 2.4 mi
- Tantrum Wall: 2.4 mi
- EnTRAPment Wall: 2.4 mi
- Keystone Thrust: 8.8 mi
- Sandstone Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Sahara West Library and Fine Arts Museum: 16.5 mi
- Carrol Shelby Museum: 19.4 mi
- Raiders Preview Center: 19.5 mi
- Las Vegas Shooting Center;Hollywood Car Museum: 20.0 mi
- Pinball Hall of Fame: 20.2 mi
- Provident Community Garden: 20.0 mi
- Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens: 20.8 mi
- Herb Garden: 22.3 mi
- Nuwu Pahsats Garden: 22.3 mi
- Rock Garden: 22.4 mi
- Wilson Homestead: 11.0 mi
- Dedication Walkway: 12.4 mi
- The Last Spike: 15.5 mi
- 22 LA-SL Sloan AKA Enterprize arrow: 18.0 mi
- Joe Zaher: 19.8 mi
- Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: 7.5 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 13.9 mi
- North McCullough Wilderness: 24.0 mi
- Cathedral Rock Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 22.5 mi
- Deer Creek Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Little Falls: 21.8 mi
- Big Falls: 23.2 mi
- Mary Jane Falls: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Potosi Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston Peak | NNW 333° | 3,632 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mummy Mountain | NNW 340° | 3,454 m | 24.5 mi |
| Griffith Peak | NNW 336° | 3,369 m | 20.1 mi |
| Fletcher Peak | NNW 343° | 3,122 m | 23.2 mi |
| Harris Mountain | NNW 342° | 3,052 m | 20.0 mi |
| Angel Peak | N 350° | 2,704 m | 24.7 mi |
| Cathedral Rock | NNW 337° | 2,622 m | 21.6 mi |
| La Madre Mountain | N 8° | 2,465 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:53 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 46 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 78 | 84 | 83 | 75 | 63 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RED Rock Canyon - SPG MT RCH S, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 845942 — Potosi Mountain, Clark County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/301946299
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 21 mi
- Las Vegas · 25 mi
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