Wonder
Wonder is a ghost town in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,784 m. Desatoya North Twin stands 3,027 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wonder Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 10 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
human settlement in Nevada, United States of America
How to reach it
- 10.2 mi off the The Loneliest Road in America
78 named places within 25 miles
- Wonder Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Driscoll Peak: 1.5 mi
- Porphyry Peak: 1.8 mi
- Round Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Camelback Peak: 1.9 mi
- White Rock Springs: 11.0 mi
- Kaiser Spring: 12.9 mi
- La Plata Spring: 14.0 mi
- Hard Time Spring: 14.7 mi
- Cold Springs: 15.5 mi
- Cold Springs Station Site: 11.1 mi
- Old Telegraph Station: 11.2 mi
- Cold Springs Pony Express Station Ruins: 12.6 mi
- Alpine Post Office: 13.4 mi
- Sand Springs Pony Express Station: 22.0 mi
- Fault: 12.6 mi
- Dixie Valley - Fairview Peak 7.1 Earthquake 1954 Fault Line: 16.7 mi
- Stillwater Point: 22.4 mi
- Fairview: 14.2 mi
- Dixie Valley: 19.7 mi
- Eagleville: 24.0 mi
- Shoe Tree: 10.6 mi
- Nowhere Nevada: 10.8 mi
- Project Shoal Monument: 24.1 mi
- Dixie Hot Springs: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wonder. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desatoya North Twin | ESE 107° | 3,027 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Augusta | NE 46° | 2,996 m | 10.0 mi |
| Desatoya Peak | ESE 108° | 2,995 m | 16.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SE 125° | 2,711 m | 19.3 mi |
| Healy Peak | NE 38° | 2,696 m | 21.5 mi |
| Shaley Peak | NE 40° | 2,680 m | 15.9 mi |
| Job Peak | NW 316° | 2,660 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | NW 304° | 2,611 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:43 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 36 | 41 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middlegate-clifford, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
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