Aurora
Aurora is a historic site in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,255 m. Mount Patterson stands 3,552 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Last Chance Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. 116 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
Aurora, once a prominent Gold Rush mining town. Gold was struck in this area around 1860, leading to the town’s first (and biggest) boom. At Aurora’s peak in the summer of 1863, more than 5,000 people called it home.
The story
Mine in Mineral County, Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49397938, matched on coordinates and name (102 m apart).
What the record says
- Inscription
- None
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
116 named places within 25 miles
- Last Chance Hill: 0.3 mi
- Aurora Hill: 0.7 mi
- Middle Hill: 1.1 mi
- Martinez Hill: 1.1 mi
- Silver Hill: 1.2 mi
- Fletcher Spring: 4.9 mi
- Mud Spring: 6.7 mi
- Powell Spring: 10.3 mi
- Murphy Spring: 10.7 mi
- Kirkwood Spring: 11.5 mi
- Parr House: 7.7 mi
- Stone Ruins: 7.9 mi
- Carpenter Shop: 8.0 mi
- Red Cloud Mining Equipment: 8.0 mi
- Catholic Church (site): 8.0 mi
- Bodie: 7.9 mi
- Masonic: 12.5 mi
- Dog Town: 18.0 mi
- Sweetwater: 19.1 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 22.8 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 8.0 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 17.8 mi
- Mono County Museum: 18.0 mi
- Hawthorne Ordnance Museum: 22.5 mi
- Mineral County Museum: 22.6 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 7.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 22.6 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 22.9 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 24.8 mi
- Booker Hot Spring: 14.5 mi
- Walker River Hot Spring: 14.6 mi
- Warm Springs: 18.0 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 16.7 mi
- South Tufa Area: 24.8 mi
- Navy Beach: 24.8 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Locomotive Point: 13.6 mi
- The Elbow: 12.4 mi
- Peppers Place: 22.5 mi
- Danburg Beach: 22.7 mi
- Navy Beach: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Aurora. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Patterson | WNW 295° | 3,552 m | 24.2 mi |
| Wheeler Peak | WNW 293° | 3,545 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Grant | NNE 17° | 3,421 m | 20.4 mi |
| Corey Peak | NNE 30° | 3,201 m | 12.8 mi |
| Potato Peak | WSW 250° | 3,113 m | 10.7 mi |
| Bodie Mountain | WSW 245° | 3,101 m | 10.0 mi |
| Big Indian Mountain | NNE 22° | 3,062 m | 14.9 mi |
| West Brawley Peak | SSW 203° | 2,910 m | 2.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 15:58 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 25 | 29 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 57 | 56 | 50 | 40 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bodie California ST Historic P, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3205563749
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 20 mi
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