Historic site · Nevada

People of Humboldt

People of Humboldt from directly overhead

People of Humboldt is a historic site in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,201 m. Toulon Peak stands 2,124 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Trinity Rest Area, a rest area less than a tenth of a mile away. Lovelock Cave Back Country Byway passes 16 miles off. 22 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Material: metal

Getting there

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Coordinates39.94066, -118.74951

16.1 mi off the Lovelock Cave Back Country Byway

Around it

22 named places within 25 miles

Peaks12

Mopung Hills: 5.1 mi
Topog Peak: 6.1 mi
Ragged Top Mountain: 7.3 mi
Toulon Peak: 11.5 mi
Cinnabar Hill: 11.5 mi

Ghost towns4

Trinity: 0.3 mi
White Plains: 4.3 mi
Jessup: 6.2 mi
Leete: 21.3 mi

Parks3

Stillwater Wildlife Management Area: 17.3 mi
Lovelock City Park: 21.8 mi
Lover's Lock Plaza: 22.0 mi

Rest areas1

Trinity Rest Area: 0.0 mi

Springs1

Toulon Spring: 10.4 mi

Museums1

Marzen House Museum: 21.3 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Toulon Peak	N 2°	2,124 m	11.5 mi
Trinity Peak	N 0°	2,121 m	20.1 mi
Ragged Top Mountain	NNW 348°	1,925 m	7.3 mi
Topog Peak	SE 127°	1,662 m	6.1 mi
Desert Peak	SW 223°	1,627 m	14.6 mi
Green Hill	SW 226°	1,515 m	13.4 mi
Lone Mountain	NNE 33°	1,419 m	21.0 mi
Cinnabar Hill	SW 218°	1,380 m	11.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:59	18:32	19:07
June solstice	05:27	19:47	20:28
September equinox	06:43	18:18	18:54
December solstice	07:14	15:51	16:34

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	31	37	43	49	59	68	76	73	64	51	38	30
Precip in	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lovelock Derby FLD AP, 13 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8819687259

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