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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. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.

The story

Mountain in Nevada, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49014376, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2,573 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.70555, -116.12915

88 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 59
Springs: 17
  • Muddy Flat Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Bruneau Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Moonshine Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Jenkins Spring: 18.3 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 25 miles of Blue Jacket Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McAfee PeakSSE3,183 m15.0 mi
Jacks PeakSSE3,112 m12.3 mi
Porter PeakSSW2,791 m1.7 mi
Pennsylvania HillNE2,751 m3.6 mi
Rocky BluffSE2,693 m10.7 mi
Merritt MountainNE2,672 m18.7 mi
Red MountainSE2,650 m9.4 mi
California MountainSSE2,599 m23.8 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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