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Scanlon Hill

Scanlon Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Scanlon Hill rises to 428 m in Nevada. Iron Mountain stands 1,956 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Rock Point, a peak 1.6 miles away. Gold Butte Back Country Byway passes 13 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Nevada, United States of America

Wikidata Q49071707, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
428 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.08999, -114.14969

113 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 49
Peaks: 36
Cliffs: 14
Attractions: 5
  • Grand Canyon Skywalk: 19.7 mi
  • Hualapai Ranch: 20.9 mi
  • Petrified Dunes: 22.9 mi
  • Devil's Throat: 23.3 mi
  • Devils Fire: 24.6 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Scanlon Ferry (submerged): 4.6 mi
  • Tassi Ranch: 15.7 mi
  • Stone Ferry (submerged): 18.6 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Scanlon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainSSE 156°1,956 m18.4 mi
Garnet MountainSSE 163°1,951 m20.7 mi
Tincanebitts PointE 87°1,901 m23.3 mi
Jumbo PeakNNW 348°1,736 m8.2 mi
Mica PeakN 358°1,719 m12.2 mi
Bonelli PeakNW 306°1,601 m6.9 mi
Senator MountainSSW 208°1,562 m19.9 mi
Gold ButteN 351°1,529 m12.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:1518:49
June solstice05:2119:1919:58
September equinox06:2518:0118:35
December solstice07:4416:4717:27

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464856637384898881675445
Precip in0.80.80.60.50.10.11.20.50.50.90.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meadview 1W, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357549324

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