Dixie Meadows

Dixie Meadows: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Dixie Meadows

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Dixie Meadows — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 39.78936, -118.06819. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Dixie Meadows

• Shady Run Canyon · viewpoint · Churchill · ~18 km · Must-see
• Copper Kettle Canyon · viewpoint · Pershing · ~24 km · Must-see
• Job Peak · viewpoint · Churchill · ~34 km · Must-see
• Mount Augusta · viewpoint · Churchill · ~38 km · Must-see
• Big Water · lake · Churchill · ~39 km · Must-see
• Carson Table Summit · viewpoint · Churchill · ~42 km · Must-see
• Twin Peaks · viewpoint · Churchill · ~53 km · Must-see
• Leonard Rockshelter · fort · Churchill · ~55 km · Must-see
• Cold Springs Station Site · fort · Churchill · ~60 km · Must-see
• Cold Springs Pony Express Station Ruins · fort · Churchill · ~62 km · Must-see
• Topog Peak · viewpoint · Churchill · ~64 km · Must-see
• Chalk Mountain · viewpoint · Churchill · ~65 km · Must-see
• Lake Humboldt · lake · Churchill · ~65 km · Must-see
• Jersey Valley · viewpoint · Pershing · ~67 km · Must-see
• Desatoya Peak · viewpoint · Lander · ~68 km · Must-see
• Dixie Comstock Mine · fort · Churchill · ~12 km
• IXL Canyon · viewpoint · Churchill · ~22 km
• Numunaa Nobe National Conservation Area · sanctuary · Churchill · ~32 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Dixie Meadows

Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Dixie Meadows

• Lahontan State Recreation Area · sanctuary · Lyon · ~127 km · Must-see
• Berlin Icthyosaur State Park · sanctuary · Nye · ~138 km · Must-see
• Mount Limbo Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Pershing · ~149 km · Must-see
• Numunaa Nobe National Conservation Area · sanctuary · Churchill · ~32 km
• Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Churchill · ~49 km
• Fallon National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Churchill · ~60 km
• Austin Ranger District · sanctuary · Lander · ~133 km
• Stillwater Range Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Churchill · ~10 km
• Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness · sanctuary · Churchill · ~35 km
• Job Peak Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Churchill · ~44 km

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