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Dixie Valley

Dixie Valley from directly overhead

Dixie Valley is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,034 m. Mount Augusta stands 2,996 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dixie Hot Springs, a hot spring 5.2 miles away. Lovelock Cave Back Country Byway passes 24 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

ghost town in Churchill County, Nevada

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Coordinates39.72306, -118.08028
Around it

55 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 31
  • Black Butte: 8.7 mi
  • Silver Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Star Peak: 9.7 mi
  • Job Peak: 12.7 mi
  • Shaley Peak: 13.8 mi
Springs: 16
  • Mud Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Eagle Springs: 9.8 mi
  • Kaiser Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Meadow Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Box Spring: 14.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Dixie Hot Springs: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount AugustaSE 146°2,996 m15.3 mi
Healy PeakE 100°2,696 m14.8 mi
Shaley PeakESE 122°2,680 m13.8 mi
Job PeakSW 221°2,660 m12.7 mi
Mount LincolnSW 219°2,611 m15.5 mi
Carson Table SummitSW 223°2,527 m17.1 mi
Table MountainSW 223°2,521 m17.1 mi
Slaughter PeaksSW 218°2,474 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2919:05
June solstice05:2519:4420:24
September equinox06:4118:1518:51
December solstice07:1115:4916:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313641465462717060493830
Precip in0.50.50.40.61.00.50.20.30.20.60.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middlegate-clifford, 30 mi away.

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