Crescent Dunes

Crescent Dunes: 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 beach: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Crescent Dunes

Season: October to March; rough seas and lifeguard warnings June to September.

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 Crescent Dunes — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 38.24538, -117.32360. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Crescent Dunes

• Central Nevada Museum · museum · Nye · ~28 km · Must-see
• Cirac Valley · viewpoint · Esmeralda · ~29 km · Must-see
• Dry Lake · lake · Mineral · ~52 km · Must-see
• Hat Peak · viewpoint · Nye · ~53 km · Must-see
• Big Smoky Valley · viewpoint · Nye · ~61 km · Must-see
• Tonopah Cemetery · fort · Nye · ~26 km
• Seyler Reservoir Dam · lake · Nye · ~43 km
• Belmont Courthouse State Historic Site · park · Nye · ~69 km
• Blair · fort · Esmeralda · ~72 km
• Waterfall Canyon · waterfall · Nye · ~73 km
• Liberty Springs · attraction · Nye · ~9 km
• San Antonio Mountain · viewpoint · Nye · ~10 km
• Rhyolite Peak · viewpoint · Nye · ~12 km
• Lime Mountain · viewpoint · Nye · ~13 km
• Black Mountain · viewpoint · Nye · ~16 km
• Red Mountain · viewpoint · Nye · ~18 km
• Highland Park · park · Nye · ~24 km
• Slaughterhouse Spring · attraction · Nye · ~24 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Crescent Dunes

Other beaches & coast near Crescent Dunes

• Lida Valley · beach · Esmeralda · ~113 km

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