Currant Mountain
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Currant Mountain rises to 3,492 m in Nevada. Duckwater Peak stands 3,377 m to the north, 1.8 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Currant Mountain is the highest mountain in the White Pine Range in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is the twenty-first-highest mountain in the state, and also ranks as the sixteenth-most topographically prominent peak in the state. Its summit consists of a series of three spires on a thin limestone ridge, with the southern spire being the highest at 11,518 feet (3,511 m). To the west are the Duckwater (Shoshone) tribal lands and the northern arm of large Railroad Valley. To the east is the northern part of White River Valley. The peak is located about 37 miles (60 km) southwest of the community of Ely near the Nye County border, within the Currant Mountain Wilderness of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
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Wikidata Q5194968, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3492 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sawmill Spring: 4.5 mi
- Saddle Spring: 4.7 mi
- Limerick Spring: 4.8 mi
- Box Spring: 5.2 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.8 mi
- Duckwater Peak: 1.8 mi
- White Pine Peak: 3.5 mi
- Corduroy Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Blackrock: 5.6 mi
- Black Butte: 9.3 mi
- Allred: 17.3 mi
- Shermantown: 20.4 mi
- Treasure City: 22.3 mi
- Douglas Point: 17.2 mi
- Florio Outrider Cabin: 21.1 mi
- Lund Ball Park: 22.6 mi
- Lund Museum: 22.7 mi
- The Lund L: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Currant Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duckwater Peak | N 353° | 3,377 m | 1.8 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | NNW 344° | 3,261 m | 23.1 mi |
| White Pine Peak | SSW 213° | 3,065 m | 3.5 mi |
| Blackrock | N 351° | 3,048 m | 5.6 mi |
| Corduroy Mountain | N 5° | 2,916 m | 5.0 mi |
| Treasure Hill | N 352° | 2,857 m | 22.0 mi |
| Indian Garden Mountain | N 6° | 2,846 m | 12.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NNE 26° | 2,700 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:31 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 15:42 | 16:24 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 32 | 39 | 44 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 48 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lund, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357557821
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