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Saulsbury Wash Rest Area

Saulsbury Wash Rest Area from directly overhead

Saulsbury Wash Rest Area is a rest area in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,790 m. Kawich Peak stands 2,850 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Butte, a peak 2.1 miles away. Extraterrestrial Highway passes 25 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.12543, -116.81384
Around it

92 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 50
  • Black Butte: 2.1 mi
  • Yellow Cone: 3.3 mi
  • Red Peak: 4.6 mi
  • Sugar Loaf Mountain: 4.8 mi
  • Hannapah Peak: 5.8 mi
Springs: 29
  • Mud Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Upper Mud Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Douglas Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Parrotte Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Warm Spring: 9.0 mi
Parks: 7
  • Clair Blackburn Memorial Stargazing Park: 22.0 mi
  • Butler Park: 22.6 mi
  • Logan Field: 22.7 mi
  • Henderson Park: 22.8 mi
  • Pocket Park: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Reed's Ranch: 15.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Museums: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kawich PeakESE 120°2,850 m22.3 mi
Rawhide MountainENE 62°2,796 m24.1 mi
Big Ten PeakN 350°2,776 m19.1 mi
Piñon PeakNNE 14°2,631 m19.3 mi
Hat PeakNNW 347°2,629 m22.1 mi
Rocky PeakN 8°2,612 m12.8 mi
Little Rawhide MountainENE 63°2,571 m23.3 mi
Peach PeakENE 60°2,494 m23.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2518:59
June solstice05:2519:3520:14
September equinox06:3618:1118:46
December solstice07:0115:5016:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744505969767466544133
Precip in0.40.50.50.30.50.20.50.40.40.40.30.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tonopah AP, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1148288587

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