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Jungo

Jungo from directly overhead

Jungo is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,271 m. King Lear Peak stands 2,695 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Haystack Butte, a peak 7.5 miles away. 31 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.

ghost town in Nevada, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates40.91667, -118.38194

31 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 27
  • Haystack Butte: 7.5 mi
  • Alpha Mountain: 8.0 mi
  • Donna Schee Peak: 8.5 mi
  • Sawtooth Knob: 9.2 mi
  • Jungo Hills: 10.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Chicken Basin Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Rabbithole Spring: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Thunder Mountain Monument: 22.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King Lear PeakNNW2,695 m21.7 mi
Navajo PeakNNW2,352 m18.8 mi
Eugene PeakSE2,294 m12.4 mi
Blue MountainENE2,241 m16.2 mi
Majuba MountainSSW2,091 m17.4 mi
Rosebud PeakWSW1,957 m16.5 mi
Sugarloaf KnobWNW1,894 m13.1 mi
Alpha ButteESE1,742 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4820:30
September equinox06:4218:1618:52
December solstice07:1615:4516:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313542475666757263503829
Precip in0.90.81.21.01.10.60.20.20.30.60.70.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Imlay, 21 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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