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Stone Cabin

Stone Cabin from directly overhead

Stone Cabin is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,934 m. Mount Como stands 2,743 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Como, a ghost town 1.8 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 1.7 miles off.

ghost town in Nevada

How to reach it

Coordinates39.18575, -119.44878

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Rawe Peak: 2.0 mi
  • Rusty Peak: 3.5 mi
  • Lyon Peak: 4.2 mi
  • Fremont Lookout: 6.8 mi
  • Table Mountain: 7.4 mi
Parks
  • Rolling A Open Space Entrance: 8.0 mi
  • Dayton Skate Park: 8.0 mi
  • Como Park: 8.0 mi
  • Patriot Park: 8.1 mi
  • Dayton Valley Dog Park: 8.1 mi
Museums: 17
  • Dayton Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Dayton Museum: 8.5 mi
  • Eastgate Depot: 12.4 mi
  • Comstock Gold Mill: 13.5 mi
  • Chollar Mansion: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Palmyra Mining Camp: 3.1 mi
  • Palmyra Town Site: 3.1 mi
  • Molhenge: 10.6 mi
  • Dead Dog War Battlefield: 10.6 mi
  • Molossia's Bottle Forest: 10.6 mi
Springs: 14
Historic sites: 14
Nature reserves: 6
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 4
Gardens: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Jumbo Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 19.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Pelican Sculpture: 22.3 mi
  • Frog Sculpture: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Stone Cabin. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ComoS 187°2,743 m11.4 mi
Rice PeakS 184°2,667 m13.9 mi
Lyon PeakSSW 199°2,627 m4.2 mi
Mineral PeakSSW 207°2,519 m10.7 mi
Rawe PeakWNW 301°2,511 m2.0 mi
Mount DavidsonNW 306°2,389 m14.3 mi
Ophir HillNW 308°2,369 m14.9 mi
Mount BullionNW 304°2,336 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3519:10
June solstice05:3319:4820:28
September equinox06:4618:2118:56
December solstice07:1415:5716:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343641455464737164524133
Precip in1.82.11.60.50.70.50.20.20.30.61.11.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Virginia City, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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