Promontory Point
Promontory Point rises to 678 m in Nevada. Mount Wilson stands 1,663 m to the east-southeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hemenway Wall, a cliff 0.6 miles away. Bitter Springs Back Country Byway passes 20 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49064160, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 678 m
How to reach it
- 20.2 mi off the Bitter Springs Back Country Byway
- 24.4 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 24.6 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 27.4 mi off the Valley of Fire State Park Roadways
Overlooks nearby
- Atlatl Rock Petroglyphs · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Winged Figures of the Republic: 0.9 mi
- It All Starts Here.: 13.2 mi
- Rock Lizards: 15.0 mi
- Smiley Face Rock Art: 15.4 mi
- Gas Can/Chainwheel/Bullet Art: 15.5 mi
- Hemenway Valley Park: 5.7 mi
- Wilbur Square: 6.4 mi
- Celebration Park: 6.4 mi
- Bootleg Canyon Park: 7.6 mi
- Veterans' Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Paint Pots: 2.3 mi
- Fortification Hill: 3.3 mi
- Black Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Boxcar Rock: 6.6 mi
- Boneyard of Hoover Dam: 0.8 mi
- Slot Canyons: 3.6 mi
- Liberty Bell Arch: 3.9 mi
- (unknown object): 6.6 mi
- Peak Overlook: 7.2 mi
- Memorial to Hoover Dam Dead: 0.9 mi
- Hoover Dam Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Hoover Dam Mascot Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Hoover Dam: 1.0 mi
- High Scaler Statue: 1.0 mi
- Boulder City-Hoover Dam Museum: 6.6 mi
- Tom Devlin's Monster Museum: 7.5 mi
- Clark County Museum: 11.6 mi
- Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art and Harry Reid Center: 23.1 mi
- Shelby Museum: 23.5 mi
- Nevada Hot Spring: 3.1 mi
- Wildhorse Spring: 7.8 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 13.1 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 15.7 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 16.1 mi
- Boulder City Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Victory Garden: 11.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 17.6 mi
- Rock Art (Peace): 18.9 mi
- College of Fine Arts Garden: 23.0 mi
- Hemenway Wall: 0.6 mi
- Burro Point: 3.7 mi
- The Cliffs: 8.1 mi
- The Pillars: 8.7 mi
- Stewart Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- Rioville: 20.7 mi
- Lucky Jim Camp: 22.9 mi
- El Dorado City: 22.9 mi
- Apex: 23.2 mi
- Arrolime: 24.2 mi
- Lost Man Hot Spring: 3.1 mi
- Two Mile Hot Spring: 3.3 mi
- Ringbolt Hot Spring: 4.8 mi
- Arizona Hot Springs: 4.8 mi
- South Beach: 2.8 mi
- Boulder Beach: 3.0 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 3.3 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 14.9 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 15.1 mi
- North McCullough Wilderness: 22.2 mi
- Redstone Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 21.3 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 6.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Promontory Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wilson | ESE 108° | 1,663 m | 7.4 mi |
| Muddy Peak | N 8° | 1,590 m | 18.7 mi |
| Peak 5058 | WSW 243° | 1,542 m | 19.2 mi |
| Peak 4928 | WSW 246° | 1,502 m | 18.8 mi |
| Arden Peak | WSW 251° | 1,322 m | 18.0 mi |
| Peak 4163 | WSW 253° | 1,269 m | 17.3 mi |
| Black Hill | WSW 246° | 1,245 m | 12.6 mi |
| Frenchman Mountain | NW 306° | 1,236 m | 17.8 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 | 06:28 | 18:04 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 06:47 | 15:49 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 842985 — Promontory Point, Clark County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357548827
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 24 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 25 mi
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