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Blair Stamp Mill

Blair Stamp Mill from directly overhead

Blair Stamp Mill is a historic site in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,425 m. Piper Peak stands 2,880 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Blair, a ghost town 0.3 miles away. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.

LARGEST IN NEVADA Blair now has a stamp mill equipped with the largest number of stamps of any mill in the state of Nevada. The addition of twenty stamps to the Pittsburgh Silver Peak Gold Mining Company's large mill makes it a 120-stamp mill. From 1910

About

The story

Ghost town in Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States.

Wikidata Q4924035, matched on coordinates and name (499 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates37.78906, -117.65174
Around it

88 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 33
  • The Crater: 2.3 mi
  • Vanderblit Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Goat Island: 2.9 mi
  • Alcatraz Island: 3.6 mi
  • The Monocline: 4.7 mi
Springs: 33
  • Tarantula Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Coyote Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Macaroni Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Valcalda Spring: 6.9 mi
  • North Spring: 7.9 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Historic sites: 3
Hot springs: 3
  • Pearl Hot Springs: 9.6 mi
  • Alkali Hot Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Fish Lake Valley Hot Well: 18.8 mi
Attractions: 3
  • The Goldfield High School: 23.5 mi
  • Goldfield Subway Stations: 23.5 mi
  • International Car Forest: 23.8 mi
Museums: 2
  • Goldfield Art Car Park Gallery: 23.5 mi
  • Goldfield Radio Museum: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Devil's Gate: 21.6 mi
Parks: 1
  • Fish Lake Valley Park: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Piper PeakWSW2,880 m15.2 mi
Silver PeakWSW2,858 m8.4 mi
Harvey PeakS2,831 m19.8 mi
Lone MountainNNE2,777 m18.4 mi
Red MountainWSW2,730 m6.3 mi
Palmetto MountainS2,710 m23.0 mi
Montezuma PeakESE2,546 m17.1 mi
Harlans PeakS2,539 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2819:03
June solstice05:3019:3720:17
September equinox06:3918:1518:49
December solstice07:0315:5516:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333947536473807868554231
Precip in0.30.40.50.50.30.20.70.40.20.30.30.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Silverpeak, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1319752000

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