Belmont Courthouse State Historic Site
Belmont Courthouse State Historic Site is a park in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 2,253 m. Mount Jefferson (South Summit) stands 3,637 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Belmont, a ghost town 0.4 miles away. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2253 m
How to reach it
103 named places within 25 miles
- Mexican Spring: 0.6 mi
- Combination Spring: 0.9 mi
- Sage Hen Spring: 4.2 mi
- Ryecroft Spring: 4.6 mi
- Keller Spring: 7.8 mi
- Mount Priscilla: 0.9 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 1.0 mi
- Black Buttes: 2.0 mi
- Bull Frame Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Shoshone Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Devil's Gate: 2.3 mi
- Georges Canyon Rim: 22.4 mi
- Belmont: 0.4 mi
- Meadow Canyon State Game Refuge: 5.4 mi
- High Desert Interpretive Garden: 16.7 mi
- Big Smoky Rest Area: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Belmont Courthouse State Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Jefferson (South Summit) | NNW 346° | 3,637 m | 11.1 mi |
| North Summit Mount Jefferson | NNW 349° | 3,601 m | 14.0 mi |
| Middle Summit Mount Jefferson | NNW 344° | 3,562 m | 12.6 mi |
| Toiyabe Dome | NW 305° | 3,462 m | 24.6 mi |
| Toiyabe Dome Southeast Summit | NW 305° | 3,449 m | 24.3 mi |
| Shoshone Mountain | NW 317° | 3,322 m | 7.0 mi |
| Spanish Peak | NW 307° | 3,271 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bull Frame Mountain | NNW 328° | 3,023 m | 6.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:36 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 15:49 | 16:30 |
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 | 30 | 34 | 42 | 47 | 56 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smoky Valley - Carvers, 21 mi away.
- singleleaf pinyon3 obs
- Sand Ricegrass3 obs
- flatbud prickly poppy2 obs
- Kingcup Cactus2 obs
- Rock Wren1 obs
- Western Fence Lizard1 obs
- Pronghorn1 obs
- Black-tailed Jackrabbit1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357555489
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