Potts
Potts is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,024 m. Masket Peak stands 3,200 m to the west-southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Pott's Ranch Hot Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 23 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
ghost town in Nye County, Nevada, United States
How to reach it
- 23.3 mi off the The Loneliest Road in America
61 named places within 25 miles
- Pott's Ranch Hot Spring: 0.6 mi
- Diana's Punchbowl: 4.2 mi
- White Sage Spring: 4.2 mi
- Laxague Spring: 10.2 mi
- South Brock Spring: 11.4 mi
- The Monitor: 5.8 mi
- Tor Peak: 6.8 mi
- Diana Peak: 7.8 mi
- White Rock Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Masket Peak: 8.5 mi
- Devil's Cauldron: 4.2 mi
- Nevada's Geographic Center: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Potts. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masket Peak | WSW 244° | 3,200 m | 8.5 mi |
| Wildcat Peak | WSW 244° | 3,186 m | 11.5 mi |
| Summit Mountain | NNE 26° | 3,164 m | 22.1 mi |
| Tulle Mountain | SSE 160° | 3,157 m | 18.1 mi |
| West Knob | WSW 248° | 3,125 m | 9.4 mi |
| Antelope Peak | NNE 24° | 3,116 m | 23.5 mi |
| White Rock Mountain | W 260° | 3,091 m | 8.3 mi |
| Ninemile Peak | E 79° | 3,055 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:37 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:35 | 18:10 | 18:45 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 15:46 | 16:28 |
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 | 28 | 30 | 37 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 47 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snowball RCH, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
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