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Arc Dome

Arc Dome, seen from above at true elevation

Arc Dome rises to 3,590 m in Nevada. Mount Jefferson (South Summit) stands 3,637 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Southeast Summit, a peak 0.9 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 30 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.

The story

Arc Dome is the highest mountain of the Toiyabe Range in northwestern Nye County, Nevada, United States. It is the thirteenth-highest mountain in the state. Arc Dome also ranks as the second-most topographically prominent peak in Nye County and the eighth-most prominent peak in the state. The peak is located about 53 miles (85 km) north of the community of Tonopah, within the Arc Dome Wilderness of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Arc Dome is sometimes confused with Toiyabe Dome. The fact that the summit benchmark is marked “Toiyabe Dome” only adds to this confusion. However, these are separate peaks. Toiyabe Dome at 11,361 feet (3,463 m) is about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Arc Dome, above the small community of Carvers, Nevada.

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Wikidata Q860433, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3590 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.83267, -117.35298

100 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 49
  • Mahogany Mountain Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Ledbetter Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Brush Rabbit Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Brush Rabbit Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Darroughs Hot Springs: 9.4 mi
Peaks: 43
  • Southeast Summit: 0.9 mi
  • Do What You Want Peak: 1.6 mi
  • Peavine Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Mahogany Mountain: 5.5 mi
  • Mahogany Mountain: 5.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 1
  • Big Smoky Rest Area: 10.2 mi
Parks: 1
  • Reese River State Game Refuge: 11.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • High Desert Interpretive Garden: 14.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Warm Spring: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Jefferson (South Summit)ESE 103°3,637 m23.6 mi
North Summit Mount JeffersonE 96°3,601 m23.1 mi
Middle Summit Mount JeffersonE 101°3,562 m22.7 mi
Toiyabe DomeESE 113°3,462 m5.9 mi
Toiyabe Dome Southeast SummitESE 114°3,449 m6.2 mi
Mahogany MountainSSE 158°3,343 m5.5 mi
Toiyabe Range PeakNNE 22°3,330 m21.0 mi
Shoshone MountainESE 118°3,322 m23.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2719:02
June solstice05:2519:3920:19
September equinox06:3818:1318:48
December solstice07:0515:5016:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303442475666737163513929
Precip in0.70.50.60.50.60.40.60.50.40.70.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smoky Valley - Carvers, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 858740 — Arc Dome, Nye County, Nevada.

OpenStreetMap element node/357557515

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