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Galena

Galena from directly overhead

Galena is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,504 m. Mount Rose stands 3,285 m to the west, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Steamboat Hills, a peak 1.2 miles away. Mount Rose Highway passes 2.8 miles off.

ghost town in Nevada, United States

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Coordinates39.34972, -119.78861

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Steamboat Hills: 1.2 mi
  • Washoe Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Slide Mountain: 5.7 mi
  • Chocolate Peak: 5.8 mi
  • Mount Abbie: 6.4 mi
Parks
  • Phillip & Annie Callahan Park: 1.9 mi
  • Whites Creek Stream Zone: 3.1 mi
  • Whites Creek Park: 3.2 mi
  • Whites Creek Stream Zone: 3.4 mi
  • Davis Creek Regional Park: 3.8 mi
Artworks
  • Pelican Sculpture: 6.2 mi
  • Frog Sculpture: 6.2 mi
  • The Holland Project: 11.1 mi
  • Valor Tatoo Parlor: 11.1 mi
  • Rainshadow Community Charter High: 11.1 mi
Museums: 34
  • Ponderosa Mine Tour: 7.9 mi
  • Haunted Washoe Club Museum: 7.9 mi
  • The Way it Was Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Comstock Firemen's Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Mark Twain Museum: 7.9 mi
Gardens: 34
Historic sites: 31
  • The Galena "G": 2.0 mi
  • Ophir Mill Historical Marker: 4.1 mi
  • Michelson Residence: 7.8 mi
  • The Great Fire of 1875: 7.9 mi
  • Dowling's Blacksmith Shop: 7.9 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Attractions: 21
Beaches: 17
Springs: 10
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Jumbo Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 13.5 mi
  • Genoa Falls: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Galena. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RoseW 267°3,285 m6.9 mi
Church PeakW 271°3,235 m7.2 mi
Mount HoughtonW 262°3,195 m8.1 mi
Relay PeakWSW 254°3,135 m8.8 mi
Snowflower MountainWNW 286°3,115 m8.2 mi
Tamarack PeakWSW 253°3,012 m7.4 mi
Slide MountainWSW 243°2,936 m5.7 mi
Rose Knob PeakWSW 247°2,932 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3619:11
June solstice05:3319:5020:30
September equinox06:4818:2218:58
December solstice07:1615:5716:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343641455464737164524133
Precip in1.82.11.60.50.70.50.20.20.30.61.11.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Virginia City, 8 mi away.

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