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Near Panaca in Lincoln County, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)
 

Miller's Point
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Cathedral Gorge

 
 
Miller's Point Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, August 31, 2005
1. Miller's Point Marker
Inscription.
Miller's Point
Named by the Union Pacific Masonic Club February 22, 1935. Dedicated by St. John Lodge No. 18 F & A M August 18, 1935.

Cathedral Gorge
Named by Mrs. W. S. Godbe 1894. Designated a state park by Gov. Jas G. Scrugham 1926. Created a State Park by the Nevada Legislature 1935.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Natural Features. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1898.
 
Location. 37° 49.764′ N, 114° 24.797′ W. Marker is near Panaca, Nevada, in Lincoln County. It can be reached from State Highway 93, on the right when traveling south. Marker is in Cathedral Gorge State Park about 3 miles north of Panaca, NV. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Panaca NV 89042, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Nevada’s Mojave Desert. It is also in the American Southwest and in the Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexico’s Alta California.

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least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bullionville (approx. 1.6 miles away); Cathedral Gorge (approx. 1.8 miles away); Clover Valley Mountains Steam Engine/Sawmill (approx. 2.8 miles away); Panaca Spring (approx. 2.8 miles away); Panaca Ward Chapel (approx. 3 miles away); Panaca Mercantile (approx. 3.1 miles away); Panaca (approx. 3.1 miles away); Wheeler Monument (approx. 7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Panaca.
 
Miller's Point image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, August 31, 2005
2. Miller's Point
Marker is next to gazebo at top of trail.
Cathedral Gorge as viewed from Miller's Point image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, August 31, 2005
3. Cathedral Gorge as viewed from Miller's Point
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 27, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 8, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,081 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on February 8, 2010, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.
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