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Wizards Beach

Wizards Beach from directly overhead

Wizards Beach is a beach in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,158 m. Tule Peak stands 2,654 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Enchanted Beach, a beach 4.0 miles away. Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

About

The story

beach in Washoe County, Nevada, United States

Wikidata Q49325349, matched on coordinates and name (13 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1158 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.11907, -119.70130
Around it

81 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 35
  • Lower Scott Springs: 7.4 mi
  • Upper Scott Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Cold Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Mud Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Fish Springs: 9.8 mi
Peaks: 33
  • Terraced Hills High Point: 7.4 mi
  • Tule Peak: 10.1 mi
  • Vinegar Peak: 11.0 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 11.4 mi
  • Wildcat Hill: 12.9 mi
Parks: 5
  • Jefferson Davis Historical Monument: 16.3 mi
  • Doyle State Wildlife Area: 18.6 mi
  • Fort Sage BLM trailhead: 20.0 mi
  • Dixon Memorial Park: 22.2 mi
  • Eagles Peak Ski Area: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • FCI Herlong: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tule PeakSSW 193°2,654 m10.1 mi
Tohakum PeakENE 72°2,459 m13.6 mi
State Line PeakWSW 247°2,433 m16.0 mi
Fort Sage MountainsWSW 247°2,393 m16.0 mi
Pah-Rum PeakNNE 20°2,280 m19.9 mi
Dogskin MountainSSW 202°2,257 m15.1 mi
Freds MountainSSW 199°2,192 m24.8 mi
Moses RockSSE 157°2,185 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3519:11
June solstice05:3119:5120:32
September equinox06:4718:2218:58
December solstice07:1815:5416:37

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363945505968767567554437
Precip in1.30.80.80.50.60.50.20.20.30.50.81.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutcliffe, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357550523

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