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Cooks Butte

Cooks Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Cooks Butte rises to 1,916 m in Nevada. Mount Lewis stands 2,950 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Gold Acres, a ghost town 2.0 miles away. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

The story

summit in Lander County, Nevada, United States

Wikidata Q49077165, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1916 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.23693, -116.75149

68 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 30
  • Tub Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Rock Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Mud Spring: 10.2 mi
  • House Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Wilson Springs: 11.0 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Altenburg Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Bullion Mountain: 9.2 mi
  • Dome Peak: 9.5 mi
  • O'Haras Peak: 10.0 mi
  • Granite Mountain: 10.2 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Hot springs: 3
  • Reese River Valley Hot Springs: 18.9 mi
  • The Geysers: 24.1 mi
  • Walti Hot Springs: 24.6 mi
Parks: 1
  • Crescent Valley Community Park: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cooks Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LewisNNW 333°2,950 m12.9 mi
Goat PeakNW 314°2,741 m11.5 mi
Mount TenaboESE 120°2,725 m10.2 mi
Dome PeakNW 326°2,610 m9.5 mi
Bald MountainS 169°2,590 m13.0 mi
Elephant HeadWSW 238°2,559 m15.8 mi
Horse MountainWNW 282°2,502 m10.8 mi
Havingdon PeakN 350°2,497 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2318:59
June solstice05:1819:4020:21
September equinox06:3518:1018:46
December solstice07:0715:4216:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293340455362716960483828
Precip in0.80.60.91.01.40.70.50.30.50.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beowawe 49S - U OF N RCH, 25 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357549653

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