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Tin City

Tin City from directly overhead

Tin City is a ghost town in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Brooks Mountain stands 889 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cape Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. 8 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

human settlement in Alaska, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates65.55860, -167.94800

8 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 8
  • Cape Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • 223: 11.1 mi
  • Big Potato Mountain: 11.9 mi
  • Potato Mountain: 12.3 mi
  • Little Potato Mountain: 12.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brooks MountainE 93°889 m23.4 mi
Cape MountainWNW 303°701 m2.1 mi
Mount LaneE 97°692 m23.1 mi
Deer Horn PeakESE 104°523 m24.3 mi
Potato MountainENE 60°433 m12.3 mi
Little Potato MountainENE 58°384 m12.6 mi
Big Potato MountainENE 62°267 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox09:1220:2121:28
June solstice03:4300:0502:46
September equinox08:5520:0921:15
December solstice12:3615:46

Local time (America/Nome).

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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