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Sportsmans Beach

Sportsmans Beach, a beach in Nevada
Sportsmans Beach, a beach in NevadaBLM Nevada · Public domain
Sportsmans Beach, a beach in Nevada
BLM Nevada · Public domain
Sportsmans Beach, a beach in Nevada
BLM Nevada · Public domain
Sportsmans Beach, a beach in Nevada
BLM Nevada · Public domain

Sportsmans Beach is a beach in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,210 m. Mount Grant stands 3,421 m to the south, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Lake Recreation Area, a park 0.2 miles away. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 19 of them named summits.

About

The story

beach in Mineral County, Nevada, United States

Wikidata Q49324854, joined on its GNIS feature id.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1210 m
Getting there

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Coordinates38.69381, -118.76625
Around it

65 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 30
  • Sorhouet Springs: 3.7 mi
  • Wild Horse Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Chipmunk Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Twilight Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Water Tank Spring: 9.8 mi
Peaks: 19
  • Butler Mountain: 6.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 7.3 mi
  • Pike Peak: 8.1 mi
  • Mount Grant: 8.6 mi
  • Reese: 14.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Parks: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Museums: 2
Hot springs: 2
  • Booker Hot Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Walker River Hot Spring: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 1
Historic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount GrantS 189°3,421 m8.6 mi
Corey PeakS 183°3,201 m17.0 mi
Big Indian MountainS 187°3,062 m14.3 mi
Bald MountainWSW 240°2,884 m21.9 mi
Buller MountainS 169°2,879 m22.0 mi
Bald MountainNNW 329°2,792 m7.3 mi
Pike PeakSW 214°2,517 m8.1 mi
ReeseNNW 341°2,448 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:07
June solstice05:3119:4420:24
September equinox06:4418:1918:54
December solstice07:1015:5616:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374149536272797769574537
Precip in0.40.40.50.30.70.30.40.20.10.40.40.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hawthorne, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357552522

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