Diamond Peak
Diamond Peak rises to 3,223 m in Nevada. Prospect Peak stands 2,919 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cottonwood Spring, a spring 1.7 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 8.8 miles off.
The story
Diamond Peak is both the highest and most topographically prominent mountain in both the Diamond Mountains and Eureka County, in Nevada, United States. It ranks thirty-ninth among the most topographically prominent peaks in the state. The peak is located on the border of Eureka County and White Pine County, about 12 miles northeast of the small town of Eureka, between the south end of Diamond Valley and the central portion of Newark Valley. It is on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and thus has no access restrictions.
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Wikidata Q18210087, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3223 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the The Loneliest Road in America
Named places within 25 miles
- Alpha Peak: 2.6 mi
- Bold Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Newark Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Fusulina Peak: 5.0 mi
- Crater Cone: 5.9 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 1.7 mi
- Robinson Springs: 3.1 mi
- Poison Spring: 3.6 mi
- Four-Eyed Nick's Springs: 4.8 mi
- Simpson Springs: 6.6 mi
- Strawberry: 8.3 mi
- Ruby Hill: 10.5 mi
- Vanderbilt: 14.0 mi
- Black Forest: 23.5 mi
- Birch: 23.5 mi
- Eureka Sentinel Museum: 9.1 mi
- Eureka Rest Area: 9.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Diamond Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Peak | SW 226° | 2,919 m | 13.4 mi |
| Summit Peak | N 1° | 2,854 m | 15.0 mi |
| White Mountain | SW 226° | 2,847 m | 14.9 mi |
| Gilson Peak | N 2° | 2,761 m | 12.7 mi |
| Atrypa Peak | SW 225° | 2,734 m | 16.1 mi |
| Alpha Peak | SSW 196° | 2,733 m | 2.6 mi |
| Bold Bluff | SSW 192° | 2,648 m | 3.0 mi |
| Grays Peak | SW 221° | 2,622 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:34 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 15:41 | 16:23 |
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 | 30 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 59 | 48 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eureka, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 845149 — Diamond Peak, Eureka County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357550638
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