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Eagle Butte

Eagle Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Eagle Butte rises to 2,555 m in Nevada. North Toiyabe Peak stands 3,261 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bates Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 6.6 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.

The story

Eagle Butte is a Nevada peak east of Simpson Park.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q3784533, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2555 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.52993, -116.80869

58 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 25
  • Bates Mountain Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Box Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Barton Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Reeder Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Bob Scotts Spring: 11.4 mi
Peaks: 24
  • Bates Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Cape Horn: 9.1 mi
  • Bob Scotts Summit: 11.2 mi
  • The Point: 11.7 mi
  • Grimes Hills: 12.0 mi
Parks: 3
  • Hickison Petroglyth Recreation Site: 6.3 mi
  • Bert T Gandolfo Park: 14.0 mi
  • Bade Flat State Game Refuge: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 1
  • Austin Historical Society Museum: 14.1 mi
Artworks: 1
Historic sites: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Bartine Hot Springs: 24.0 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Toiyabe PeakSW 230°3,261 m18.4 mi
Summit MountainESE 120°3,164 m21.3 mi
Antelope PeakESE 116°3,116 m20.7 mi
Mount CallaghanNNW 328°3,088 m14.6 mi
Big Creek PeakSW 228°3,053 m24.0 mi
Fagin MountainNE 39°2,775 m19.5 mi
Bates MountainNE 38°2,724 m2.7 mi
Buck MountainNE 35°2,710 m22.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2418:59
June solstice05:2119:3820:19
September equinox06:3618:1018:46
December solstice07:0515:4516:27

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343541455463737163514033
Precip in1.21.11.51.61.90.60.60.40.60.51.11.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin #2, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/357557898

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