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McLeans

McLeans from directly overhead

McLeans is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,461 m. Silver Peak stands 2,858 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Devil's Gate, a cliff 4.9 miles away. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

ghost town in Nevada, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates38.04778, -117.65194

81 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 35
  • Castle Peak: 5.9 mi
  • Cristo Peak: 7.1 mi
  • Lone Mountain: 8.7 mi
  • Doyle Peak: 9.4 mi
  • The Monocline: 13.2 mi
Springs: 21
  • Barrel Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Cook Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Lobo Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Willow Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Crow Springs: 14.3 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Parks: 7
  • Highland Park: 22.1 mi
  • Barsanti Park: 22.9 mi
  • Pocket Park: 22.9 mi
  • Logan Field: 23.3 mi
  • Butler Park: 23.4 mi
Historic sites: 4
Hot springs: 3
  • Pearl Hot Springs: 18.2 mi
  • Fish Lake Valley Hot Well: 22.3 mi
  • Alkali Hot Spring: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Devil's Gate: 4.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Millers Rest Area: 12.5 mi
Museums: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver PeakSSW 200°2,858 m22.6 mi
Lone MountainE 101°2,777 m8.7 mi
Red MountainSSW 197°2,730 m20.8 mi
Cristo PeakNNW 345°2,437 m7.1 mi
Mount ButlerE 89°2,169 m22.8 mi
Doyle PeakN 9°2,148 m9.4 mi
Brock MountainE 89°2,146 m23.2 mi
Red MountainENE 74°2,113 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2819:03
June solstice05:2919:3820:17
September equinox06:3918:1418:49
December solstice07:0415:5416:35

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333947536473807868554231
Precip in0.30.40.50.50.30.20.70.40.20.30.30.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Silverpeak, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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