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Boyer

Boyer from directly overhead

Boyer is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,069 m. Healy Peak stands 2,696 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Mountain, a peak 6.3 miles away. Lovelock Cave Back Country Byway passes 28 miles off. 41 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.

ghost town in Nevada, United States

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Coordinates39.95833, -117.86750
Around it

41 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 19
  • Kitten Springs: 7.3 mi
  • Seven Devils Springs: 11.7 mi
  • Sou Hot Springs: 11.8 mi
  • Grayson Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Eagle Springs: 15.0 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Pine Mountain: 6.3 mi
  • Table Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • Logan Peak: 7.4 mi
  • Cornish Peak: 8.3 mi
  • Red Hill: 9.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Dixie Hot Springs: 15.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Healy PeakS 170°2,696 m19.1 mi
Shaley PeakS 179°2,680 m23.7 mi
Cain MountainENE 75°2,553 m17.8 mi
Granite MountainN 7°2,551 m22.4 mi
Granite PeakN 10°2,540 m22.4 mi
Buffalo MountainNW 323°2,464 m22.9 mi
Star PeakWSW 238°2,280 m12.4 mi
Cornish PeakWNW 299°2,264 m8.3 mi
Conditions

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Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2419:4420:24
September equinox06:4018:1518:50
December solstice07:1115:4716:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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