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Missile

Missile from directly overhead

Missile is an artwork in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,649 m. Big Ten Peak stands 2,776 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Hannapah Peak, a peak 6.2 miles away. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.07911, -117.01045
Around it

85 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 47
  • Hannapah Peak: 6.2 mi
  • Thunder Mountain: 6.5 mi
  • Red Peak: 8.3 mi
  • Monitor Peak: 9.2 mi
  • Booker Mountain: 9.8 mi
Springs: 23
  • Parrotte Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Cedar Corral Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Slaughterhouse Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Ice Plant Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Douglas Spring: 10.5 mi
Parks: 7
  • Clair Blackburn Memorial Stargazing Park: 10.9 mi
  • Butler Park: 11.5 mi
  • Henderson Park: 11.6 mi
  • Logan Field: 11.7 mi
  • Pocket Park: 12.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Museums: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Reed's Ranch: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Ten PeakNNE 18°2,776 m23.2 mi
Rocky PeakNE 38°2,612 m20.2 mi
Red PeakNE 51°2,382 m8.3 mi
San Antonio MountainNW 315°2,350 m17.2 mi
Bracket PeakNE 49°2,284 m23.1 mi
Cactus PeakSSE 161°2,254 m21.7 mi
Sugar Loaf MountainE 93°2,220 m13.5 mi
Yellow ConeE 80°2,176 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2519:00
June solstice05:2619:3620:15
September equinox06:3718:1218:47
December solstice07:0115:5116:32

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13125513529

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