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Sportsmans Beach

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. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.

The story

Beach in Mineral County, Nevada, United States.

Wikidata Q49324854, joined on its GNIS feature id.

What the record says

Elevation
1,210 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.69381, -118.76625

63 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 29
  • 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: 18
  • 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
Hot springs: 2
  • Booker Hot Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Walker River Hot Spring: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 1
Historic sites: 1

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 GrantS3,421 m8.6 mi
Corey PeakS3,201 m17.0 mi
Big Indian MountainS3,062 m14.3 mi
Buller MountainS2,879 m22.0 mi
Bald MountainNNW2,792 m7.3 mi
Pike PeakSW2,517 m8.1 mi
ReeseNNW2,448 m14.1 mi
Black MountainNNW2,448 m19.0 mi

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357552522

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