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King Lear Peak

King Lear Peak, seen from above at true elevation

King Lear Peak rises to 2,695 m in Nevada. Parrot Peak stands 2,547 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Navajo Peak, a peak 3.7 miles away. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

The story

King Lear Peak is a summit in the Jackson Mountains of Humboldt County, Nevada, overlooking the Black Rock Desert to the west.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6411845, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2695 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.20240, -118.55516

39 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 26
  • Navajo Peak: 3.7 mi
  • Schoolhouse Butte: 7.9 mi
  • Red Butte: 8.3 mi
  • Quinn Peak: 10.0 mi
  • DeLong Peak: 10.2 mi
Springs: 8
  • Willow Springs: 13.6 mi
  • Pidgeon Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Cane Springs: 20.2 mi
  • Onemile Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Sheep Creek Spring: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Varyville: 24.0 mi
  • Hardin City: 24.0 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Parrot PeakNNE 21°2,547 m12.1 mi
Navajo PeakS 190°2,352 m3.7 mi
Buff PeakNE 41°2,210 m14.9 mi
Deer Creek PeakNNE 23°2,153 m14.4 mi
Sentinel PeakN 349°2,013 m23.7 mi
Sugarloaf KnobS 191°1,894 m14.5 mi
The MesaNNW 348°1,827 m22.1 mi
Elephant MountainWNW 284°1,809 m18.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:07
June solstice05:2219:5020:31
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1715:4516:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323643495865747264513931
Precip in1.30.91.00.81.00.60.30.10.30.70.71.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leonard Creek RCH - Denio 33S, 23 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 841491 — King Lear Peak, Humboldt County, Nevada.

OpenStreetMap element node/357547504

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