Golden Gate Range
Golden Gate Range rises to 2,489 m in Nevada. Stairstep Mountain stands 3,069 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sharp Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away. Extraterrestrial Highway passes 22 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain range in Nevada, United States
Wikidata Q5579460, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2489 m
How to reach it
- 21.5 mi off the Extraterrestrial Highway
- 25.3 mi off the Highway 93
Overlooks nearby
- Red Flag view spot · 23 mi
- Queen City Summit panorama · 28 mi
63 named places within 25 miles
- Sharp Spring: 1.3 mi
- Put Back Spring: 9.3 mi
- Modes Spring: 9.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.1 mi
- Wild Horse Spring: 10.2 mi
- Rock Hill: 2.0 mi
- Meeker Peak: 8.9 mi
- Worthington Peak: 10.1 mi
- Sanderson Mountain: 14.3 mi
- Mount Irish: 14.9 mi
- Michael Heizer City: 11.8 mi
- Old Mining Cabin: 15.8 mi
- Rosario: 15.8 mi
- Logan City: 17.4 mi
- Shaman Hill and Knob Petroglyphs, Mount Irish Archeological District: 17.7 mi
- Leviathan Cave Geologic Area: 9.5 mi
- EWU Resort: 22.1 mi
- D.C. Day Park: 22.1 mi
- City: 12.2 mi
- Adaven: 20.8 mi
- Black Cliff: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Golden Gate Range. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stairstep Mountain | NW 316° | 3,069 m | 23.8 mi |
| Troy Mountain | NNW 327° | 3,054 m | 24.2 mi |
| Worthington Peak | WNW 294° | 2,724 m | 10.1 mi |
| Meeker Peak | WSW 255° | 2,665 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Irish | S 171° | 2,629 m | 14.9 mi |
| Sanderson Mountain | S 169° | 2,625 m | 14.3 mi |
| Skull Mountain | NW 308° | 2,605 m | 21.3 mi |
| Timber Mountain | ENE 63° | 2,573 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:29 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 15:46 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 37 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rachel, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/13075781948
Day trips start here
- Rachel · 22 mi
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