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Howitzer Slide

Howitzer Slide, seen from above at true elevation

Howitzer Slide is a cliff in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,257 m. Tule Peak stands 2,654 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Tohakum Peak, a peak 5.0 miles away. Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1257 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.11768, -119.50491
Around it

72 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 35
  • Sevenmile Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Sheep Pass Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Buckbrush Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Mud Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Upper Scott Spring: 15.3 mi
Peaks: 28
  • Tohakum Peak: 5.0 mi
  • Allen Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Wildcat Peak: 9.8 mi
  • Kits Peak: 10.2 mi
  • McLane Peak: 13.2 mi
Beaches: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Parks: 1
  • Jefferson Davis Historical Monument: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Historic sites: 1
Museums: 1
  • Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Museum and Visitors Center: 21.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tule PeakSW 232°2,654 m16.0 mi
Pah Rah MountainS 176°2,507 m22.4 mi
Kumiva PeakNNE 32°2,500 m23.7 mi
Tohakum PeakNNE 31°2,459 m5.0 mi
Pah-Rum PeakN 349°2,280 m19.2 mi
Juniper MountainENE 70°2,272 m24.1 mi
Dogskin MountainSW 229°2,257 m21.2 mi
Purgatory PeakNE 36°2,242 m19.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3519:10
June solstice05:3019:5120:31
September equinox06:4618:2118:57
December solstice07:1815:5316:36

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/357547276

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