Thompson Smelter
Thompson Smelter is a historic site in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,345 m. Mount Siegel stands 2,869 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackrock, a peak 4.8 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 9.6 miles off. 119 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
Lots of concrete foundations, pieces of equipment, piles of slag, piles of red brick from collapsed smokestack which still reeks of smoke over 100 years later.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
119 named places within 25 miles
- Blackrock: 4.8 mi
- Cleaver Peak: 5.4 mi
- Mason Butte: 6.1 mi
- Carson Hill: 7.0 mi
- Carson Hill: 7.3 mi
- Arizzle Skate Park: 11.7 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 11.7 mi
- Mason Valley Swimming Pool Park: 12.0 mi
- Mountain View: 12.2 mi
- Colony Park: 12.6 mi
- Palmyra Mining Camp: 15.8 mi
- Palmyra Town Site: 15.8 mi
- Molhenge: 21.1 mi
- Dead Dog War Battlefield: 21.1 mi
- Molossia's Bottle Forest: 21.1 mi
- Fulstone No. 3 Spring: 9.9 mi
- Willow Spring: 10.9 mi
- Stone Spring: 14.0 mi
- Barton Springs: 14.8 mi
- Paiute Spring: 19.3 mi
- Stone Cabin: 13.2 mi
- Como: 14.6 mi
- Ludwig: 14.7 mi
- Sutro: 21.9 mi
- Silver Springs Beach: 14.7 mi
- Virginia Beach: 17.8 mi
- Sixmile Beach: 17.9 mi
- Churchill Beach: 21.5 mi
- Lyon County Museum: 12.4 mi
- Dayton Museum: 21.4 mi
- Dayton Museum: 21.4 mi
- Fort Churchill: 9.7 mi
- Friendship Gate: 21.1 mi
- Pony Bob Haslam Group Use Area: 9.6 mi
- Susans Bluff: 13.3 mi
- Norton Park: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Thompson Smelter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Siegel | SW 220° | 2,869 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Como | WSW 236° | 2,743 m | 17.3 mi |
| Rice Peak | SW 229° | 2,667 m | 18.5 mi |
| Lyon Peak | W 261° | 2,627 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mineral Peak | WSW 246° | 2,519 m | 19.5 mi |
| Rawe Peak | W 281° | 2,511 m | 15.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | SE 134° | 2,448 m | 21.6 mi |
| Bismark Peak | WSW 255° | 2,258 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:47 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:56 | 16:38 |
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 | 32 | 36 | 43 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wabuska 6 SE, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1319752842
Day trips start here
- Silver Springs · 18 mi
- Republic of Molossia · 21 mi
- Virginia City · 26 mi
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