Powell Mountain
Powell Mountain rises to 777 m in Nevada. Iron Mountain stands 1,956 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Gregg Peak, a peak 2.2 miles away. Gold Butte Back Country Byway passes 11 miles off. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Clark County, Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063920, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 777 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Gold Butte Back Country Byway
- 23.2 mi off the Bitter Springs Back Country Byway
- 27.3 mi off the Valley of Fire State Park Roadways
Overlooks nearby
- Whitney Pocket Overlook · 27 mi
112 named places within 25 miles
- Cottonwood Spring: 4.9 mi
- Gotchel Spring: 5.0 mi
- Jumbo Spring: 5.7 mi
- Twin Springs: 5.7 mi
- Ruby Spring: 6.6 mi
- Gregg Peak: 2.2 mi
- Scanlon Hill: 2.4 mi
- Round Rock Point: 4.0 mi
- Gold Cross Peak: 4.1 mi
- Jumbo Peak: 6.3 mi
- Center Point: 6.8 mi
- Cormorant Cliffs: 8.7 mi
- The Temple: 9.1 mi
- Weeping Cliffs: 12.7 mi
- Grand Wash Cliffs: 13.3 mi
- Grand Canyon Skywalk: 19.7 mi
- Devil's Throat: 21.1 mi
- Hualapai Ranch: 21.3 mi
- Devils Fire: 22.5 mi
- Petrified Dunes: 22.7 mi
- Scanlon Ferry (submerged): 6.9 mi
- Tassi Ranch: 13.6 mi
- Stone Ferry (submerged): 19.0 mi
- Belsmeir Beach: 21.3 mi
- Engine Beach: 24.5 mi
- Ann Marguret Beach: 24.7 mi
- Pearce Ferry Rapid: 8.3 mi
- Columbine Falls: 12.2 mi
- Rioville: 14.8 mi
- Boulder Canyon Wild Life Refuge: 20.4 mi
- Redstone Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Powell Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,956 m | 20.3 mi |
| Garnet Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,951 m | 22.7 mi |
| Tincanebitts Point | E 92° | 1,901 m | 22.6 mi |
| Jumbo Peak | NNW 337° | 1,736 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mica Peak | N 354° | 1,719 m | 9.9 mi |
| Bonelli Peak | WNW 286° | 1,601 m | 6.6 mi |
| Senator Mountain | SSW 207° | 1,562 m | 22.2 mi |
| Gold Butte | NNW 346° | 1,529 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:49 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:20 | 19:58 |
| September equinox | 06:25 | 18:01 | 18:35 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:47 | 17:26 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 73 | 84 | 89 | 88 | 81 | 67 | 54 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meadview 1W, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 842965 — Powell Mountain, Clark County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357548787
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