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Sixmile Beach

Sixmile Beach from directly overhead

Sixmile Beach is a beach in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,267 m. Rawe Peak stands 2,511 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Lahontan State Recreation Area, a park 1.6 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 12 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

The story

beach in Churchill County, Nevada, United States

Wikidata Q49324785, matched on coordinates and name (14 m apart).

What the record says

Elevation
1267 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.40603, -119.09766

87 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
  • Mountain of Hieroglyphics: 4.4 mi
  • Red Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • The Nipple: 7.1 mi
  • Churchill Peak: 11.5 mi
  • Churchill Butte: 11.6 mi
Parks: 20
  • Lahontan State Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
  • Lahontan State Game Refuge: 4.1 mi
  • Penny Park: 6.7 mi
  • Autumn Winds Park: 12.9 mi
  • Ponderosa Park: 13.7 mi
Attractions: 13
Springs: 6
  • Rock Blind Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Freeman Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Cooney Springs: 19.0 mi
  • Barton Springs: 22.9 mi
  • Allen Springs: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Statue of Liberty: 15.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rawe PeakSW 235°2,511 m24.9 mi
Rusty PeakSW 223°2,209 m23.0 mi
Tibbie PeakW 264°2,209 m23.5 mi
Two TipsN 350°2,131 m21.6 mi
Cinder MountainW 276°2,080 m21.5 mi
Cleaver PeakS 189°1,984 m13.1 mi
Green HillNW 317°1,980 m25.0 mi
Desert PeakSE 133°1,954 m19.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:3019:4720:27
September equinox06:4518:2018:55
December solstice07:1415:5416:37

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364148546272817970574435
Precip in0.70.50.60.30.60.30.10.20.20.30.40.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lahontan DAM, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357553870

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