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Willow Creek Mine

Willow Creek Mine from directly overhead

Willow Creek Mine is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,870 m. Troy Peak stands 3,336 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Nyala, a ghost town 3.2 miles away. Lunar Crater Back Country Byway passes 19 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

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Coordinates38.20333, -115.72139

18.9 mi off the Lunar Crater Back Country Byway
20.3 mi off the Extraterrestrial Highway

Around it

62 named places within 25 miles

Springs40

Burnt Cabin Spring: 7.4 mi
Blind Spring: 8.4 mi
Black Spring: 9.3 mi
Goat Ranch Springs: 10.1 mi
Barton Spring: 12.9 mi

Peaks16

Troy Mountain: 4.1 mi
Stairstep Mountain: 7.0 mi
Mystery Mountain: 9.8 mi
Red Hill: 10.1 mi
Skull Mountain: 10.8 mi

Ghost towns3

Nyala: 3.2 mi
Adaven: 8.2 mi
Lockes: 24.5 mi

Historic sites1

Adaven: 8.2 mi

Artworks1

City: 19.1 mi

Attractions1

Michael Heizer City: 19.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Troy Peak	ENE 56°	3,336 m	14.4 mi
Timber Mountain	NE 50°	3,192 m	15.7 mi
Stairstep Mountain	SSW 192°	3,069 m	7.0 mi
Troy Mountain	SSE 150°	3,054 m	4.1 mi
Worthington Peak	SSE 163°	2,724 m	20.6 mi
Skull Mountain	S 188°	2,605 m	10.8 mi
Mystery Mountain	SE 142°	2,349 m	9.8 mi
Citadel Mountain	WNW 289°	2,289 m	22.2 mi

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Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:47	18:20	18:55
June solstice	05:21	19:31	20:10
September equinox	06:31	18:07	18:41
December solstice	06:57	15:45	16:27

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	29	36	45	51	60	70	77	75	66	54	40	29
Precip in	0.7	0.7	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Blue Eagle RCH - Currant 12ssw, 24 mi away.

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