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Artesia

Artesia, seen from above at true elevation

Artesia rises to 1,918 m in Nevada. Mount Siegel stands 2,869 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 1.7 miles off.

The story

mountain in Nevada, United States of America

Wikidata Q49009100, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1918 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.03547, -119.38433

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Colony Park: 12.1 mi
  • Mountain View: 12.1 mi
  • Arizzle Skate Park: 12.3 mi
  • Mason Valley Swimming Pool Park: 12.3 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 12.4 mi
Springs: 23
  • Willow Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Fulstone No. 3 Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Stone Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Iron Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Lebo Spring: 10.1 mi
Museums: 17
Attractions: 15
  • Palmyra Town Site: 10.9 mi
  • Palmyra Mining Camp: 10.9 mi
  • Molhenge: 21.5 mi
  • Molossia's Bottle Forest: 21.5 mi
  • Dead Dog War Battlefield: 21.5 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Thompson Smelter: 12.9 mi
  • Fort Churchill: 18.8 mi
  • Korean War Memorial: 19.5 mi
  • Hoye Bridge: 21.4 mi
  • Friendship Gate: 21.5 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Gardens: 2
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 24.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Artesia. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SiegelSSW 212°2,869 m11.9 mi
Galena PeakSSW 210°2,866 m12.6 mi
Oreana PeakSSW 203°2,818 m12.8 mi
Bald MountainSSW 205°2,811.3 m17.3 mi
Granite PeakSSW 205°2,769 m15.0 mi
Rattlesnake HillSSW 208°2,749 m14.3 mi
Mount ComoWSW 259°2,743 m4.9 mi
Eagle MountainSSW 198°2,692 m15.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3519:10
June solstice05:3319:4720:27
September equinox06:4618:2118:56
December solstice07:1415:5716:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323743495766737163513932
Precip in1.00.70.80.40.70.40.30.20.10.40.50.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smith 6 N, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357552547

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