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City

City from directly overhead

City is an artwork in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,577 m. Troy Peak stands 3,336 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Michael Heizer City, a attraction 0.6 miles away. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built
1970 01 01
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Michael Heizer
Access
Customers only
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.03407, -115.44422
Around it

52 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 32
  • Put Back Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Black Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Barton Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Sharp Spring: 12.1 mi
  • McCutchen Spring: 13.6 mi
Peaks: 13
  • Mystery Mountain: 9.9 mi
  • Rock Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Worthington Peak: 12.2 mi
  • Golden Gate Range: 12.2 mi
  • Troy Mountain: 15.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Attractions: 1
  • Michael Heizer City: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
Parks: 1
  • Leviathan Cave Geologic Area: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Troy PeakN 351°3,336 m19.9 mi
Timber MountainN 352°3,192 m22.0 mi
Stairstep MountainWNW 287°3,069 m17.2 mi
Troy MountainWNW 302°3,054 m15.4 mi
Worthington PeakSW 229°2,724 m12.2 mi
Meeker PeakSSW 210°2,665 m16.8 mi
Skull MountainW 273°2,605 m16.6 mi
Timber MountainE 96°2,573 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1918:54
June solstice05:2019:2920:09
September equinox06:3018:0618:40
December solstice06:5515:4516:26

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/27459199

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