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Gold Hill

Gold Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Gold Hill rises to 1,938 m in Nevada. Highland Peak stands 3,324 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Spring, a spring 3.0 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in Nevada, United States of America

Wikidata Q49032126, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1938 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.74130, -119.54545

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 37
Parks: 28
Historic sites: 7
  • Hoye Bridge: 6.4 mi
  • Barney Riley: 6.7 mi
  • Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 12.4 mi
  • Old Jail: 15.3 mi
  • Nugent Cabin: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Carson Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Llewellyn Falls: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Peep Sight: 24.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Gold Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Highland PeakSW 220°3,324 m17.7 mi
Freel PeakWNW 293°3,305 m20.7 mi
Jobs SisterWNW 295°3,299 m20.1 mi
Silver PeakSW 223°3,283 m16.9 mi
Jobs PeakWNW 295°3,233 m18.8 mi
East SisterSE 137°3,171 m20.4 mi
Antelope PeakS 182°3,124 m18.7 mi
Raymond PeakWSW 239°3,055 m18.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3519:10
June solstice05:3419:4720:27
September equinox06:4718:2218:57
December solstice07:1415:5916:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353843485665737264534234
Precip in0.60.41.10.40.60.10.30.30.20.20.71.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topaz Lake, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357558023

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