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Humboldt Museum

Humboldt Museum from directly overhead

Humboldt Museum is a museum 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 Pioneer Memorial Park, a historic site 0.2 miles away. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
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Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.97715, -117.74406
Around it

69 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 32
  • Winnemucca Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Spoon Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Black Butte: 5.3 mi
  • Giants Grave: 5.9 mi
  • Little Tabletop Mountain: 8.7 mi
Springs: 20
  • Railroad Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Barrett Springs: 9.9 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: 0.9 mi
  • Vesco Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Button Point Rest Area: 9.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sonoma PeakSE 138°2,864 m10.8 mi
Bloody Run PeakN 355°2,392 m13.5 mi
Dun Glen PeakSSW 213°2,255 m14.5 mi
Auld Lang Syne PeakSSW 204°2,248 m17.7 mi
Blue MountainW 272°2,241 m17.8 mi
Organ PeakSSW 194°2,221 m23.2 mi
Rockhill MountainSSW 194°2,188 m21.7 mi
Winnemucca MountainNNW 327°2,053 m2.5 mi
Conditions

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1096462513

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