Eagle Butte
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. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
The story
Eagle Butte is a Nevada peak east of Simpson Park.
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Wikidata Q3784533, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,555 m
How to reach it
- 6.6 mi off the The Loneliest Road in America
57 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Bates Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Cape Horn: 9.1 mi
- Bob Scotts Summit: 11.2 mi
- Grimes Hills: 12.0 mi
- Telegraph Peak: 12.4 mi
- Hickison Petroglyth Recreation Site: 6.3 mi
- Bert T Gandolfo Park: 14.0 mi
- Bade Flat State Game Refuge: 14.0 mi
- Clifton: 14.6 mi
- Jacobsville: 20.0 mi
- Austin Historical Society Museum: 14.1 mi
- Pony Express Statue: 15.1 mi
- Nevada's Geographic Center: 17.0 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Toiyabe Peak | SW 230° | 3,261 m | 18.4 mi |
| Summit Mountain | ESE 120° | 3,164 m | 21.3 mi |
| Antelope Peak | ESE 116° | 3,116 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Callaghan | NNW 328° | 3,088 m | 14.6 mi |
| Big Creek Peak | SW 228° | 3,053 m | 24.0 mi |
| Fagin Mountain | NE 39° | 2,775 m | 19.5 mi |
| Bates Mountain | NE 38° | 2,724 m | 2.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NE 35° | 2,710 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:51 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:38 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:10 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:45 | 16:27 |
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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357557898
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