King Lear Peak
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.
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Wikidata Q6411845, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,695 m
How to reach it
39 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Jungo: 21.7 mi
- Hardin City: 24.0 mi
- Sulphur: 24.5 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parrot Peak | NNE 21° | 2,547 m | 12.1 mi |
| Navajo Peak | S 190° | 2,352 m | 3.7 mi |
| Buff Peak | NE 41° | 2,210 m | 14.9 mi |
| Deer Creek Peak | NNE 23° | 2,153 m | 14.4 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | N 349° | 2,013 m | 23.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Knob | S 191° | 1,894 m | 14.5 mi |
| The Mesa | NNW 348° | 1,827 m | 22.1 mi |
| Elephant Mountain | WNW 284° | 1,809 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:45 | 16:29 |
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 | 32 | 36 | 43 | 49 | 58 | 65 | 74 | 72 | 64 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 841491 — King Lear Peak, Humboldt County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357547504
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