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Dixie Valley - Fairview Peak 7.1 Earthquake 1954 Fault Line

Dixie Valley - Fairview Peak 7.1 Earthquake 1954 Fault Line, seen from above at true elevation

Dixie Valley - Fairview Peak 7.1 Earthquake 1954 Fault Line is a cliff in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,023 m. Desatoya North Twin stands 3,027 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The Loneliest Road in America passes 6.9 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 50 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Height
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.18772, -118.15107

Overlooks nearby

Around it

86 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 50
  • Fairview Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Bell Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Dromedary Hump: 4.6 mi
  • Slate Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Iron Rock: 8.7 mi
Springs: 12
  • Mud Spring: 12.1 mi
  • White Rock Springs: 13.8 mi
  • Sand Springs: 15.8 mi
  • La Plata Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Rock Springs: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Historic sites: 8
Parks: 3
  • Project Shoal Monument: 12.4 mi
  • Sand Springs Pony Express Station Historical Marker: 15.3 mi
  • Pony Express Monument: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Nowhere Nevada: 7.3 mi
  • Shoe Tree: 11.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Hot Springs: 18.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dixie Valley - Fairview Peak 7.1 Earthquake 1954 Fault Line. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Desatoya North TwinENE 59°3,027 m24.4 mi
Desatoya PeakENE 60°2,995 m24.3 mi
Bald MountainENE 73°2,711 m22.1 mi
Fairview PeakN 358°2,521 m2.6 mi
Slaughter PeaksNNW 343°2,474 m24.2 mi
Fairview PeakSE 125°2,360 m24.7 mi
Buffalo MountainE 99°2,299 m18.7 mi
Black ButteESE 118°2,291 m22.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3019:05
June solstice05:2719:4320:23
September equinox06:4118:1618:51
December solstice07:0915:5116:34

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313641465462717060493830
Precip in0.50.50.40.61.00.50.20.30.20.60.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middlegate-clifford, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/871544754

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