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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
  • Davis Creek Regional Park: 3.8 mi
  • Arrowcreek Park: 3.9 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: 33
  • 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
Historic sites: 29
  • 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
Gardens: 20
Attractions: 20
Beaches: 17
Springs: 10
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 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 14.1 miles of Galena. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RoseW3,285 m6.9 mi
Church PeakW3,235 m7.2 mi
Mount HoughtonW3,195 m8.1 mi
Relay PeakWSW3,135 m8.8 mi
Snowflower MountainWNW3,115 m8.2 mi
Tamarack PeakWSW3,012 m7.4 mi
Slide MountainWSW2,936 m5.7 mi
Rose Knob PeakWSW2,932 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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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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