Nevada City
Nevada City is a ghost town in Montana, at a modelled elevation of 1,705 m. Cedar Mountain stands 3,267 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Nevada City Museum Entrance & Music Hall, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
unincorporated community in Madison County, Montana, United States
How to reach it
86 named places within 25 miles
- Baldy Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Copper Mountain: 8.9 mi
- Horse Hill: 9.9 mi
- Ramshorn Mountain: 11.0 mi
- South Baldy Mountain: 11.6 mi
- Virginia City Park: 1.7 mi
- Ennis Lions Club Community Park: 12.3 mi
- Sheridan City Park: 15.4 mi
- Bear Creek Wildlife Management Area: 21.5 mi
- Wall Creek State Wildlife Management Area: 23.9 mi
- Nevada City Museum Entrance & Music Hall: 0.0 mi
- Alder Gulch Short Line Steam Railroad Museum: 0.0 mi
- River of Gold: 0.2 mi
- Kiskadden’s Stone Block: 1.4 mi
- J. Spencer Watkins Memorial Museum: 1.4 mi
- 2 Story Outhouse: 0.0 mi
- Place of Discovery: 1.8 mi
- Union City Christeot Mill: 6.6 mi
- Robbers Roost Historical Marker: 10.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.8 mi
- Union City: 7.0 mi
- Pony: 24.5 mi
- Maloney Spring: 8.9 mi
- Norris Hot Springs: 23.0 mi
- Buffalo Jumps: 12.7 mi
- Boulder Creek: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nevada City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Mountain | ESE 104° | 3,267 m | 22.0 mi |
| Granite Peak | NNW 348° | 3,218 m | 18.2 mi |
| Hollowtop Mountain | N 355° | 3,216 m | 21.1 mi |
| Lakeshore Mountain | NNW 341° | 3,179 m | 21.0 mi |
| A P A Mountain | NNW 339° | 3,167 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Jackson | NNW 342° | 3,165 m | 20.6 mi |
| Lonesome Peak | N 352° | 3,148 m | 17.0 mi |
| Thompson Peak | N 350° | 3,147 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:02 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:35 | 21:20 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:05 | 15:59 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 65 | 56 | 45 | 33 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Virginia City, 2 mi away.
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