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Blue Jacket Peak

Blue Jacket Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Jacket Peak rises to 2,573 m in Nevada. McAfee Peak stands 3,183 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Porter Peak, a peak 1.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in Nevada, United States of America

Wikidata Q49014376, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2573 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.70555, -116.12915

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 19
  • Hot Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Muddy Flat Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Bruneau Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Moonshine Spring: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Parks: 2
  • Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 17.1 mi
  • Humboldt State Game Refuge: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Blue Jacket Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McAfee PeakSSE 148°3,183 m15.0 mi
Jacks PeakSSE 147°3,112 m12.3 mi
Jacks PeakSSE 157°3,064 m16.4 mi
Porter PeakSSW 193°2,791 m1.7 mi
Pennsylvania HillNE 51°2,751 m3.6 mi
Rocky BluffSE 133°2,693 m10.7 mi
Merritt MountainNE 53°2,672 m18.7 mi
Red MountainSE 127°2,650 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:1119:4120:23
September equinox06:3318:0718:43
December solstice07:0915:3316:18

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231384654636152413020
Precip in1.71.01.21.41.60.80.50.40.60.81.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wild Horse Rsvr, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 858962 — Blue Jacket Peak, Elko County, Nevada.

OpenStreetMap element node/357557618

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