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Sulphur

Sulphur from directly overhead

Sulphur is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,232 m. King Lear Peak stands 2,695 m to the north-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Rosebud Peak, a peak 5.2 miles away. 45 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.

human settlement in Nevada, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates40.87470, -118.73700

45 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 21
  • Rosebud Peak: 5.2 mi
  • Sawtooth Knob: 10.2 mi
  • Sugarloaf Knob: 10.7 mi
  • Pahsupp Mountain: 15.2 mi
  • Rocky Peak: 15.3 mi
Springs: 15
  • Rabbithole Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Judges Springs: 17.1 mi
  • Olson Meadow Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Nera Spring No. 56: 20.8 mi
  • Nera Spring No. 33: 21.3 mi
Hot springs: 4
  • Black Rock Hot Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Casey Springs: 17.0 mi
  • Double Hot Springs: 19.4 mi
  • Trego Hot Springs: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Hardin City: 21.6 mi
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
King Lear PeakNNE2,695 m24.5 mi
Navajo PeakNNE2,352 m21.0 mi
Kbsk MountainS2,172 m20.3 mi
Majuba MountainSE2,091 m19.7 mi
Phonolite PeakS2,080 m22.0 mi
Dry MountainSW1,990 m23.3 mi
Rosebud PeakSE1,957 m5.2 mi
Sugarloaf KnobNE1,894 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4716:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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