Cobre
Cobre is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,805 m. Pilot Peak stands 3,235 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Toano, a ghost town 1.8 miles away. California Trail Back Country Byway passes 25 miles off. 33 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
- 29.8 mi off the Angel Lake Road
33 named places within 25 miles
- Murdock Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Rocky Point: 8.8 mi
- Sam's Rock: 9.3 mi
- Pilot Peak: 18.0 mi
- Windermere Hills: 19.8 mi
- Toano: 1.8 mi
- Loray: 4.8 mi
- Pequop: 12.2 mi
- Silver Zone: 13.5 mi
- Fenelon: 15.0 mi
- Wally Spring: 7.6 mi
- Boyd Spring: 8.5 mi
- South Spring: 9.4 mi
- Warm Springs: 21.8 mi
- Governors Spring: 22.6 mi
- Chicken Hole Base: 18.2 mi
- Pilot Peak historic marker: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cobre. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | ESE 110° | 3,235 m | 18.0 mi |
| Murdock Mountain | NNE 13° | 2,532 m | 7.8 mi |
| Little Cedar Mountain | WSW 253° | 2,529 m | 23.5 mi |
| Rocky Point | W 275° | 2,504 m | 8.8 mi |
| Bald Eagle Mountain | ENE 62° | 2,438 m | 22.6 mi |
| Black Mountain | NW 306° | 2,394 m | 20.1 mi |
| Sam's Rock | SSE 151° | 2,362 m | 9.3 mi |
| Wells Peak | WNW 282° | 2,337 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:42 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:33 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 18:00 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 15:29 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 28 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oasis, 7 mi away.
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