Buffalo Point
Buffalo Point rises to 2,942 m in Nevada. White Mountain Peak stands 4,344 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cousin Jack, a historic site 1.6 miles away. 72 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49016474, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,942 m
How to reach it
72 named places within 25 miles
- Kennedy Point: 2.1 mi
- Mustang Point: 2.4 mi
- Boundary Peak: 2.5 mi
- Montgomery Peak: 3.1 mi
- Sugarloaf: 4.3 mi
- Orchard Spring: 2.0 mi
- Pinchot Springs: 3.9 mi
- Truman Spring: 7.4 mi
- Sagehen Spring: 9.2 mi
- McBride Springs: 9.8 mi
- State Line: 8.1 mi
- Basalt: 9.6 mi
- Arlemont: 15.4 mi
- Fish Lake Valley: 19.8 mi
- Casa Diablo: 23.5 mi
- Cousin Jack: 1.6 mi
- Cabin: 1.7 mi
- Champion Spark Plug Mine High Camp: 18.1 mi
- Ida Lynn Parkinson Park: 8.3 mi
- Fish Lake Valley Park: 19.1 mi
- Chalfant Park: 24.6 mi
- Fish Lake Valley Hot Well: 20.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buffalo Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain Peak | SSE 163° | 4,344 m | 18.0 mi |
| The Jumpoff | S 181° | 4,126 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Dubois | S 176° | 4,126 m | 6.9 mi |
| Montgomery Peak | S 186° | 4,098 m | 3.1 mi |
| Boundary Peak | S 180° | 4,007 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Barcroft | SSE 165° | 3,979 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Hogue | SSE 166° | 3,884 m | 10.7 mi |
| Headley Peak | SSE 165° | 3,858 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 19:40 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:57 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 37 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dyer 5S, 27 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 859063 — Buffalo Point, Esmeralda County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357557661
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