Rocky Point
Rocky Point rises to 2,504 m in Nevada. Murdock Mountain stands 2,532 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Wally Spring, a spring 2.0 miles away. Angel Lake Road passes 21 miles off. 26 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49069227, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,504 m
How to reach it
- 21.1 mi off the Angel Lake Road
- 21.2 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
26 named places within 25 miles
- Windermere Hills: 12.2 mi
- Murdock Mountain: 12.6 mi
- Wells Peak: 13.3 mi
- Black Mountain: 13.3 mi
- Little Cedar Mountain: 15.6 mi
- Wally Spring: 2.0 mi
- Boyd Spring: 12.8 mi
- South Spring: 13.7 mi
- Trail of the 49ers Interpretive Center: 20.6 mi
- Wells City Park: 21.0 mi
- Humboldt Wells: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rocky Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murdock Mountain | ENE 57° | 2,532 m | 12.6 mi |
| Little Cedar Mountain | WSW 241° | 2,529 m | 15.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | NW 325° | 2,394 m | 13.3 mi |
| Sam's Rock | ESE 123° | 2,362 m | 16.0 mi |
| Wells Peak | WNW 286° | 2,337 m | 13.3 mi |
| Oxley Peak | WNW 284° | 2,250 m | 19.5 mi |
| Ninemile Mountain | NNE 13° | 2,220 m | 24.2 mi |
| Cedar Peak | WNW 291° | 2,171 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:33 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:01 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 15:29 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 28 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oasis, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 843328 — Rocky Point, Elko County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357549174
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