Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain rises to 2,070 m in Nevada. Porter Peak stands 2,791 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Muddy Flat Spring, a spring 0.8 miles away. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Elko County, Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49035636, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,070 m
How to reach it
94 named places within 25 miles
- Jenneman Peak: 1.4 mi
- Rough Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Quartzite Hill: 2.5 mi
- Huber Hills: 3.5 mi
- California Hill: 3.7 mi
- Muddy Flat Spring: 0.8 mi
- Jenkins Spring: 4.7 mi
- Archies Spring: 6.4 mi
- Bieroth Spring: 7.9 mi
- Bruneau Spring: 9.4 mi
- Patsville: 4.0 mi
- Rio Tinto: 5.1 mi
- Gold Creek: 10.9 mi
- Rowland: 14.7 mi
- Fairlawn: 15.8 mi
- Blizzard Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Red Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Danger Point: 21.2 mi
- The Palisade: 22.1 mi
- Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 9.5 mi
- Urdahl Concentrated Use Area: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Peak | WSW 240° | 2,791 m | 15.0 mi |
| Pennsylvania Hill | WSW 250° | 2,751 m | 10.4 mi |
| Rocky Bluff | SSW 200° | 2,693 m | 13.9 mi |
| Merritt Mountain | NNE 23° | 2,672 m | 5.9 mi |
| Red Mountain | SSW 204° | 2,650 m | 12.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | E 96° | 2,632 m | 13.9 mi |
| Blue Jacket Peak | WSW 245° | 2,573 m | 13.9 mi |
| Tennessee Mountain | E 88° | 2,535 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:40 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 61 | 52 | 41 | 30 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wild Horse Rsvr, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357558103
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