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Fairview

Fairview from directly overhead

Fairview is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,422 m. Desatoya North Twin stands 3,027 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dromedary Hump, a peak 1.8 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 1.2 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.

ghost town in Churchill County, Nevada, United States

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Coordinates39.26640, -118.19800

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Around it

94 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 58
  • Dromedary Hump: 1.8 mi
  • Fairview Peak: 3.7 mi
  • Chalk Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Bell Mountain: 9.3 mi
  • Slate Mountain: 9.9 mi
Springs: 11
  • Sand Springs: 12.0 mi
  • White Rock Springs: 13.9 mi
  • La Plata Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Mud Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Ripley Spring: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Historic sites: 6
Cliffs: 5
Parks: 4
  • Project Shoal Monument: 10.8 mi
  • Sand Springs Pony Express Station Historical Marker: 11.5 mi
  • Pony Express Monument: 20.9 mi
  • Pony Express Monument: 22.3 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Nowhere Nevada: 5.0 mi
  • Shoe Tree: 11.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Hot Springs: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Desatoya North TwinENE 73°3,027 m24.5 mi
Mount AugustaNE 38°2,996 m24.1 mi
Desatoya PeakENE 74°2,995 m24.4 mi
Bald MountainE 87°2,711 m23.6 mi
Job PeakN 355°2,660 m22.0 mi
Mount LincolnN 350°2,611 m19.9 mi
Carson Table SummitNNW 344°2,527 m19.7 mi
Fairview PeakSE 140°2,521 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3019:05
June solstice05:2719:4320:23
September equinox06:4118:1618:51
December solstice07:1015:5116:34

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, 10 mi away.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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