Ghost town · Nevada
Daveytown
Daveytown is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,286 m. Santa Rosa Peak stands 2,953 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Awakening Peak, a peak 4.7 miles away. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
human settlement in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States of America
How to reach it
Coordinates41.29500, -117.90306
55 named places within 25 miles
Peaks: 29
- Awakening Peak: 4.7 mi
- Koepato To: 4.9 mi
- Bloody Peak: 9.2 mi
- Bloody Run Peak: 11.1 mi
- Granite Peak: 11.1 mi
Springs: 9
- Sheepherder Spring: 6.4 mi
- Circle Bar No. 1 Spring: 6.6 mi
- Sandbank Spring: 6.6 mi
- Circle Bar No. 2 Spring: 7.1 mi
- Circle Bar No. 3 Spring: 7.3 mi
Parks: 8
- Veterans Memorial Park: 22.7 mi
- Fish Pond Park: 22.8 mi
- Paradise Valley Fireman's Park: 23.5 mi
- Riverview Park: 23.6 mi
- Nixon Park: 23.9 mi
Historic sites: 5
- The W: 21.9 mi
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois: 22.7 mi
- F-86 Sabre: 22.7 mi
- M3 Stuart: 22.8 mi
- Pioneer Memorial Park: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Willow Point: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
- Falls Creek Falls: 16.8 mi
Museums: 1
- Humboldt Museum: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Button Point: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Daveytown. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa Peak | NNE 32° | 2,953 m | 22.3 mi |
| Singas Peak | NE 44° | 2,870 m | 17.3 mi |
| Paradise Peak | NE 41° | 2,759 m | 18.6 mi |
| Five Fingers | NE 50° | 2,605 m | 14.8 mi |
| Bloody Run Peak | SE 140° | 2,392 m | 11.1 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SSW 204° | 2,241 m | 23.3 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | NNE 23° | 2,216 m | 20.9 mi |
| Buff Peak | WNW 282° | 2,210 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 31 | 36 | 42 | 47 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 70 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orovada 3 W, 19 mi away.
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