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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 PeakS2,696 m19.1 mi
Shaley PeakS2,680 m23.7 mi
Cain MountainENE2,553 m17.8 mi
Granite MountainN2,551 m22.4 mi
Granite PeakN2,540 m22.4 mi
Buffalo MountainNW2,464 m22.9 mi
Star PeakWSW2,280 m12.4 mi
Cornish PeakWNW2,264 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

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

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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