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Alpine Post Office

Alpine Post Office from directly overhead

Alpine Post Office is a historic site in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,715 m. Desatoya North Twin stands 3,027 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Spring, a spring 4.1 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 16 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1715 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.53715, -117.83654

74 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 35
  • Mount Augusta: 4.4 mi
  • Shaley Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Black Butte: 10.3 mi
  • Healy Peak: 10.4 mi
  • Round Mountain: 11.6 mi
Springs: 26
  • Willow Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Box Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Kaiser Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Meadow Spring: 10.4 mi
Historic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Attractions: 2
  • Shoe Tree: 18.6 mi
  • Nowhere Nevada: 22.5 mi
Hot springs: 2
  • Smith Creek Valley Hot Springs: 21.8 mi
  • Dixie Hot Springs: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Desatoya North TwinSSE 160°3,027 m12.3 mi
Mount AugustaW 272°2,996 m4.4 mi
Desatoya PeakSSE 161°2,995 m12.6 mi
New Pass PeakENE 68°2,745 m20.3 mi
Bald MountainSSE 166°2,711 m18.2 mi
Healy PeakN 9°2,696 m10.4 mi
Shaley PeakNNW 346°2,680 m5.6 mi
Job PeakW 279°2,660 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2519:4220:23
September equinox06:4018:1518:50
December solstice07:0915:4916:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313641465462717060493830
Precip in0.50.50.40.61.00.50.20.30.20.60.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middlegate-clifford, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357562149

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