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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 2,029 m. Desatoya North Twin stands 3,027 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairview Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 5.3 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Height
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.20983, -118.14805

Overlooks nearby

Around it

88 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 53
  • Fairview Peak: 1.1 mi
  • Dromedary Hump: 3.2 mi
  • Bell Mountain: 4.6 mi
  • Slate Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • Chalk Mountain: 8.1 mi
Springs: 12
  • Mud Spring: 12.1 mi
  • White Rock Springs: 12.8 mi
  • Sand Springs: 15.4 mi
  • La Plata Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Ripley Spring: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Historic sites: 7
Parks: 3
  • Project Shoal Monument: 12.5 mi
  • Sand Springs Pony Express Station Historical Marker: 14.9 mi
  • Pony Express Monument: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Nowhere Nevada: 5.8 mi
  • Shoe Tree: 10.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Hot Springs: 20.3 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 62°3,027 m23.5 mi
Desatoya PeakENE 63°2,995 m23.4 mi
Bald MountainENE 77°2,711 m21.5 mi
Mount LincolnNNW 345°2,611 m24.3 mi
Carson Table SummitNNW 341°2,527 m24.3 mi
Fairview PeakNNW 346°2,521 m1.1 mi
Table MountainNNW 341°2,521 m24.3 mi
Slaughter PeaksNNW 341°2,474 m22.7 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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/871544748

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