Sunrise Mountain
Sunrise Mountain rises to 1,026 m in Nevada. Quartzite Mountain stands 2,152 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Gypsum Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway passes 8.2 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Sunrise Mountain is located east of Las Vegas in Clark County, Nevada. Even though Sunrise Mountain is over 3.3 miles (5.3 km) NNW of higher peak Frenchman Mountain many people in the Las Vegas Valley refer to Frenchman Mountain as Sunrise Mountain since the sun rises from behind it. This confusion dates back many years and the National Geodetic Survey bench mark placed in 1947 on the summit of Frenchman Mountain is designated "Sunrise". During World War II the U.S. Army maintained an airway beacon on the summit and as of 2007, remains of the tower could still be found. Local conservationists have proposed the area, along with Gypsum Cave and Frenchman Mountain, be protected as a national monument.
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Wikidata Q7641109, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,026 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the City of Las Vegas, Las Vegas Boulevard State Scenic Byway, National
- 10.4 mi off the Las Vegas Strip, National
- 19.1 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
- 19.2 mi off the Mt. Charleston Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Overlook · 24 mi
- Top of the Hill Viewpoint · 25 mi
- Calico I · 25 mi
- Red Rock Mountain 360 View Deck · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cesars Palace Sign: 8.3 mi
- Frontier Sign: 8.3 mi
- Neon Museum Sign: 8.3 mi
- Sahara Sign: 8.3 mi
- Ugly Duckling Sign: 8.3 mi
- Shadow Rock Park: 1.3 mi
- Robert "Bob" Price Park: 3.1 mi
- Sunrise Park: 3.2 mi
- Sunrise Pool: 3.2 mi
- Martin Luther King Park: 3.6 mi
- Frenchman Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Lava Butte: 5.9 mi
- Black Cone: 5.9 mi
- Peek-a-boo Lava Butte: 6.8 mi
- Red Needle: 7.0 mi
- Axehole Vegas: 8.8 mi
- Fremont East Gateway: 8.8 mi
- Fremont Street Experience: 8.9 mi
- Slotzilla Zipline: 8.9 mi
- Graceland Wedding Chapel: 9.2 mi
- Shelby Museum: 4.5 mi
- Las Vegas Natural History Museum: 8.2 mi
- Neon Museum: 8.3 mi
- The Mob Museum: 8.7 mi
- Zak Bagan's The Haunted Museum: 9.4 mi
- grass sand maze: 9.0 mi
- Home of ADVENTURES with Christian, RIP: 9.7 mi
- GYPSY DEN VINTAGE: 9.7 mi
- Swm n Pool: 9.9 mi
- Classic Vdubs: 9.9 mi
- Las Vegas Community Healing Garden: 9.6 mi
- College of Fine Arts Garden: 11.0 mi
- Lee Pascal Memorial Rose Garden: 11.0 mi
- Campus Community Garden: 11.1 mi
- Learning Garden: 11.1 mi
- Great Unconformity: 1.8 mi
- Whitney Mesa: 10.4 mi
- The Pillars: 10.7 mi
- The Cliffs: 11.4 mi
- Suburban Crag: 17.8 mi
- Gypsum Spring: 1.0 mi
- White Spot Spring: 18.8 mi
- Upper White Blotch Spring: 19.1 mi
- Lower White Blotch Spring: 19.4 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 19.7 mi
- Clark County Wetlands Park: 8.5 mi
- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve: 9.8 mi
- Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs: 16.6 mi
- Desert Tortoise Conservation Center: 22.0 mi
- North McCullough Wilderness: 24.4 mi
- Two Mile Hot Spring: 21.4 mi
- Lost Man Hot Spring: 21.5 mi
- Ringbolt Hot Spring: 23.4 mi
- Arizona Hot Springs: 23.4 mi
- Boulder Beach South: 16.4 mi
- Boulder Beach: 16.9 mi
- South Beach: 17.2 mi
- Foxtail Picnic Area (Pavilion F): 12.7 mi
- Nevada Welcome Center: 18.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunrise Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quartzite Mountain | NNW 345° | 2,152 m | 20.2 mi |
| Gass Peak | NW 321° | 2,111 m | 16.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | NNW 343° | 2,018 m | 24.2 mi |
| Fossil Ridge | NW 323° | 1,664 m | 19.5 mi |
| Muddy Peak | ENE 72° | 1,590 m | 17.7 mi |
| Peak 5058 | S 187° | 1,542 m | 21.9 mi |
| Blue Diamond Hill | WSW 250° | 1,503 m | 23.7 mi |
| Peak 4928 | S 188° | 1,502 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:23 | 20:01 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 06:48 | 15:50 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 77 | 87 | 93 | 91 | 83 | 71 | 57 | 48 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N LAS Vegas, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/4694433341
Day trips start here
- Las Vegas · 9 mi
- Las Vegas/The Strip · 12 mi
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