Loray
Loray is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,708 m. Pilot Peak stands 3,235 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cobre, a ghost town 4.8 miles away. California Trail Back Country Byway passes 26 miles off. 32 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States
How to reach it
- 26.3 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
32 named places within 25 miles
- Murdock Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Sam's Rock: 10.2 mi
- Rocky Point: 13.1 mi
- Pilot Peak: 15.1 mi
- Mineral Mountain: 16.2 mi
- Boyd Spring: 6.9 mi
- South Spring: 7.4 mi
- Wally Spring: 12.2 mi
- Warm Springs: 17.5 mi
- Governors Spring: 17.8 mi
- Cobre: 4.8 mi
- Toano: 5.5 mi
- Pequop: 15.0 mi
- Silver Zone: 15.4 mi
- Fenelon: 18.4 mi
- Chicken Hole Base: 13.5 mi
- Lake Bonneville Guardian: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Loray. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Peak | ESE 124° | 3,235 m | 15.1 mi |
| Murdock Mountain | NNW 335° | 2,532 m | 6.0 mi |
| Rocky Point | W 264° | 2,504 m | 13.1 mi |
| Bald Eagle Mountain | ENE 62° | 2,438 m | 17.9 mi |
| Black Mountain | WNW 295° | 2,394 m | 22.7 mi |
| Sam's Rock | S 179° | 2,362 m | 10.2 mi |
| Copper Mountain | ENE 65° | 2,242 m | 17.3 mi |
| Ninemile Mountain | NNW 341° | 2,220 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:41 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:32 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:26 | 18:00 | 18:36 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 15:28 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 28 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oasis, 11 mi away.
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