Bunker Hill
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Bunker Hill rises to 3,498 m in Nevada. Toiyabe Range Peak stands 3,330 m to the south-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Creek Peak, a peak 3.3 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 14 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
The story
Bunker Hill is the highest mountain in Lander County, within the Toiyabe Range of central Nevada, United States. It is the twenty-second highest mountain in the state. The peak is located within the Austin Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, about 17 miles south of the small town of Austin and just northwest of the small town of Kingston.
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Wikidata Q18379373, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3498 m
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the The Loneliest Road in America
55 named places within 25 miles
- Big Creek Peak: 3.3 mi
- North Toiyabe Peak: 7.9 mi
- Toiyabe Range Peak: 10.5 mi
- Rocky Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Reese River Butte: 12.7 mi
- Gillman Spring: 4.9 mi
- Goodyear Spring: 12.7 mi
- Spencer Hot Spring: 15.2 mi
- Bob Scotts Spring: 15.7 mi
- Upper Cole Camp Sring: 16.2 mi
- Kingston Park: 3.7 mi
- Bade Flat State Game Refuge: 14.8 mi
- Bert T Gandolfo Park: 16.6 mi
- Hickison Petroglyth Recreation Site: 24.1 mi
- San Juan: 11.9 mi
- Millett: 16.7 mi
- Clifton: 17.2 mi
- Jacobsville: 17.4 mi
- Point of Rocks: 5.3 mi
- Austin Historical Society Museum: 16.7 mi
- Pony Express Statue: 17.3 mi
- Smith Creek Valley Hot Springs: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bunker Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toiyabe Range Peak | SSW 204° | 3,330 m | 10.5 mi |
| French Peak | SSW 204° | 3,283 m | 18.2 mi |
| North Toiyabe Peak | NNE 20° | 3,261 m | 7.9 mi |
| Masket Peak | SE 129° | 3,200 m | 23.8 mi |
| Wildcat Peak | SE 136° | 3,186 m | 22.7 mi |
| South Toiyabe Peak | SSW 203° | 3,184 m | 24.9 mi |
| West Knob | SE 131° | 3,125 m | 22.8 mi |
| North Shoshone Peak | WSW 250° | 3,118 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:39 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:12 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:47 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 35 | 41 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin #2, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11169222876
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- Austin · 17 mi
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