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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 PeakNNW 335°2,695 m21.7 mi
Navajo PeakNNW 329°2,352 m18.8 mi
Eugene PeakSE 124°2,294 m12.4 mi
Blue MountainENE 72°2,241 m16.2 mi
Majuba MountainSSW 195°2,091 m17.4 mi
Rosebud PeakWSW 246°1,957 m16.5 mi
Sugarloaf KnobWNW 295°1,894 m13.1 mi
Alpha ButteESE 107°1,742 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 5080 °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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