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Pioneer Memorial Park

Pioneer Memorial Park from directly overhead

Pioneer Memorial Park is a historic site in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,321 m. Sonoma Peak stands 2,864 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Humboldt Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

What the record says

Built
1964
Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates40.97880, -117.74197

69 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 32
  • Winnemucca Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Spoon Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Black Butte: 5.3 mi
  • Giants Grave: 5.7 mi
  • Little Tabletop Mountain: 8.8 mi
Springs: 20
  • Railroad Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Barrett Springs: 10.0 mi
  • Ridge Top Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Ridge Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Cumberland Spring: 17.7 mi
Parks: 8
  • Riverview Park: 0.3 mi
  • Nixon Park: 0.5 mi
  • Courthouse Park: 0.7 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Vesco Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • M3 Stuart: 0.8 mi
  • F-86 Sabre: 0.8 mi
  • Bell UH-1 Iroquois: 0.8 mi
  • The W: 1.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 1
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Button Point Rest Area: 9.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sonoma PeakSE2,864 m10.8 mi
Bloody Run PeakN2,392 m13.4 mi
Dun Glen PeakSSW2,255 m14.7 mi
Auld Lang Syne PeakSSW2,248 m17.8 mi
Blue MountainW2,241 m17.9 mi
Organ PeakSSW2,221 m23.3 mi
Rockhill MountainSSW2,188 m21.9 mi
Winnemucca MountainNW2,053 m2.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2719:03
June solstice05:2019:4620:27
September equinox06:3918:1418:50
December solstice07:1315:4316:27

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313541475665747262493830
Precip in0.90.70.81.01.30.60.20.20.40.80.71.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winnemucca 3ssw, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6848185902

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