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Gold Acres

Gold Acres from directly overhead

Gold Acres is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,654 m. Mount Lewis stands 2,950 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooks Butte, a peak 2.0 miles away. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

ghost town in Lander County, Nevada, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates40.26214, -116.73259

67 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 30
  • Rock Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Mud Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Indian Box Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Tub Spring: 10.9 mi
  • House Springs: 11.8 mi
Peaks: 27
  • Cooks Butte: 2.0 mi
  • Altenburg Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Bullion Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • O'Haras Peak: 8.3 mi
  • Granite Mountain: 8.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Hot springs: 2
  • Reese River Valley Hot Springs: 20.3 mi
  • The Geysers: 22.1 mi
Parks: 1
  • Crescent Valley Community Park: 13.2 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LewisNW 325°2,950 m11.9 mi
Goat PeakNW 304°2,741 m11.2 mi
Mount TenaboSE 131°2,725 m10.4 mi
Dome PeakNW 314°2,610 m8.9 mi
Bald MountainS 174°2,590 m14.5 mi
Elephant HeadSW 235°2,559 m17.5 mi
Horse MountainW 273°2,502 m11.6 mi
Havingdon PeakNNW 342°2,497 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2318:59
June solstice05:1819:4020:21
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:0715:4116:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343947526170787666544234
Precip in1.00.80.91.11.40.60.20.30.50.60.81.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Mountain 4SE, 26 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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