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Etna

Etna from directly overhead

Etna is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,263 m. Star Peak stands 2,993 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Oreana, a ghost town 4.9 miles away. Lovelock Cave Back Country Byway passes 16 miles off. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

human settlement in Nevada, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates40.37110, -118.32100

49 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 27
  • Lone Mountain: 7.3 mi
  • Indian Peak: 7.3 mi
  • Wright Peak: 8.0 mi
  • Lincoln Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Golden Gate Hill: 8.6 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Parks: 5
  • Eastside Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
  • Westside Day Use Area: 6.8 mi
  • Unionville Park: 10.6 mi
  • Lover's Lock Plaza: 15.5 mi
  • Lovelock City Park: 15.8 mi
Springs: 5
  • Black Knob Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Sportsman Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Poker Brown Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Muttlebury Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Antelope Spring: 17.4 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Thunder Mountain Monument: 22.3 mi
  • Vernon Jail: 24.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Museums: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Kyle Hot Springs: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Star PeakNE 37°2,993 m13.1 mi
Van Zant PeakNNE 31°2,816 m15.0 mi
Thunder MountainNNE 33°2,749 m15.3 mi
Wright PeakENE 69°2,707 m8.0 mi
Indian Ikes PointNNE 30°2,706 m15.3 mi
Indian PeakE 91°2,703 m7.3 mi
Yana PointNNE 29°2,534 m15.6 mi
Buffalo MountainSE 135°2,464 m14.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3019:06
June solstice05:2419:4620:28
September equinox06:4218:1618:52
December solstice07:1415:4716:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323743485766757263513930
Precip in1.00.70.80.91.20.70.20.30.30.60.70.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RYE Patch DAM, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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