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Belmont

Belmont from directly overhead

Belmont is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,279 m. Mount Jefferson (South Summit) stands 3,637 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Belmont Courthouse State Historic Site, a park 0.4 miles away. 101 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.

ghost town in Nevada, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates38.59250, -116.87111

101 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 49
  • Combination Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Mexican Spring: 0.7 mi
  • Sage Hen Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Ryecroft Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Keller Spring: 7.9 mi
Peaks: 46
  • Cemetery Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Mount Priscilla: 1.3 mi
  • Black Buttes: 1.9 mi
  • Bull Frame Mountain: 7.1 mi
  • Shoshone Mountain: 7.3 mi
Parks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • High Desert Interpretive Garden: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Big Smoky Rest Area: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Jefferson (South Summit)NNW 345°3,637 m11.4 mi
North Summit Mount JeffersonNNW 348°3,601 m14.3 mi
Middle Summit Mount JeffersonNNW 343°3,562 m12.9 mi
Toiyabe Dome Southeast SummitNW 305°3,449 m24.7 mi
Shoshone MountainNW 317°3,322 m7.3 mi
Spanish PeakNW 307°3,271 m7.6 mi
Bull Frame MountainNNW 327°3,023 m7.1 mi
Little Table MountainN 359°2,970 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2519:00
June solstice05:2419:3620:16
September equinox06:3618:1118:46
December solstice07:0215:4916:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303442475666737163513929
Precip in0.70.50.60.50.60.40.60.50.40.70.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smoky Valley - Carvers, 21 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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