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Pony Express Monument

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Elevation
1,313 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Carson Table Summit2,527 m · 23.6 mi
Nearest byway
The Loneliest Road in America5.0 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:25local time
Coordinates
39.2830, -118.5885
Pony Express Monument from directly overhead

Pony Express Monument is a park in Nevada, at a recorded 1,313 m. Carson Table Summit stands 2,527 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The Loneliest Road in America passes 5.0 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.

Elevation
1313 m

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carson Table SummitNE 41°2,527 m23.6 mi
Table MountainNE 41°2,521 m23.6 mi
Fairview PeakE 100°2,521 m23.6 mi
Slaughter PeaksNE 44°2,474 m23.1 mi
Shaly PeakNE 42°2,464 m24.5 mi
Sand Springs Range CairnSE 134°2,272 m17.7 mi
Big Kasock MountainSE 139°2,176 m21.8 mi
Slate MountainESE 118°2,041 m23.5 mi

76 named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2919:4520:25
September equinox06:4318:1818:53
December solstice07:1115:5316:35

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343946516069777566534133
Precip in0.50.40.50.50.90.40.10.10.20.40.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fallon Naas, 12 mi away.

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