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Potts

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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

Coordinates39.08780, -116.64100

61 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 33
  • 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
Peaks: 26
  • 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
Attractions: 1
  • Devil's Cauldron: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Masket PeakWSW 244°3,200 m8.5 mi
Wildcat PeakWSW 244°3,186 m11.5 mi
Summit MountainNNE 26°3,164 m22.1 mi
Tulle MountainSSE 160°3,157 m18.1 mi
West KnobWSW 248°3,125 m9.4 mi
Antelope PeakNNE 24°3,116 m23.5 mi
White Rock MountainW 260°3,091 m8.3 mi
Ninemile PeakE 79°3,055 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2418:59
June solstice05:2219:3720:17
September equinox06:3518:1018:45
December solstice07:0315:4616:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037425059666557473628
Precip in0.60.70.80.81.00.60.91.01.40.60.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snowball RCH, 24 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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