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Shermantown

Shermantown from directly overhead

Shermantown is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,252 m. Currant Mountain stands 3,492 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Applegarth Spring, a spring 1.9 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 12 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

ghost town in White Pine County, Nevada

How to reach it

Coordinates39.20000, -115.50000

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Applegarth Spring: 1.9 mi
  • Roadside Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Lampson Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Sixmile Springs: 3.8 mi
  • Hoppe Spring: 4.2 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Treasure Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Hamilton: 3.1 mi
  • Mokomoke Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Indian Garden Mountain: 9.3 mi
  • Limestone Peak: 9.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Florio Outrider Cabin: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Currant MountainSSE 169°3,492 m20.4 mi
Duckwater PeakSSE 168°3,377 m18.6 mi
Mount HamiltonNW 315°3,261 m3.1 mi
White Pine PeakS 175°3,065 m23.1 mi
BlackrockSSE 168°3,048 m14.8 mi
Corduroy MountainSSE 164°2,916 m15.7 mi
Treasure HillNNE 31°2,857 m2.1 mi
Indian Garden MountainSE 145°2,846 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1918:54
June solstice05:1719:3220:12
September equinox06:3018:0518:41
December solstice06:5915:4116:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735404858676556453324
Precip in0.80.80.91.11.20.50.70.80.80.70.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moorman RCH - Ruth 16wnw, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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