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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. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

ghost town in Nevada, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates38.04778, -117.65194

80 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 34
  • 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 PeakSSW2,858 m22.6 mi
Lone MountainE2,777 m8.7 mi
Red MountainSSW2,730 m20.8 mi
Cristo PeakNNW2,437 m7.1 mi
Mount ButlerE2,169 m22.8 mi
Doyle PeakN2,148 m9.4 mi
Brock MountainE2,146 m23.2 mi
Emigrant PeakWSW2,070 m14.7 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 50–80 °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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