Mahogany Elephant Butte
Mahogany Elephant Butte rises to 2,528 m in Nevada. Matterhorn stands 3,250 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is White Elephant Butte, a peak 0.8 miles away. California Trail Back Country Byway passes 19 miles off. 76 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Elko County, Nevada, United States of America
Wikidata Q49047492, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2528 m
How to reach it
- 19.3 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
76 named places within 25 miles
- White Elephant Butte: 0.8 mi
- Quartzite Butte: 1.0 mi
- Red Elephant Butte: 1.1 mi
- Wrangle Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Owens Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Bull Camp Spring: 2.5 mi
- Sagehen Spring: 2.5 mi
- Elk Spring: 3.4 mi
- Black Spring: 4.3 mi
- Chicken Spring: 4.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 12.7 mi
- Black Rock: 13.3 mi
- Danger Point: 22.6 mi
- The Palisade: 23.1 mi
- Urdahl Concentrated Use Area: 19.5 mi
- San Jacinto: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mahogany Elephant Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matterhorn | WSW 247° | 3,250 m | 17.9 mi |
| Bald Peak | WSW 255° | 3,208 m | 17.9 mi |
| Jarbidge Peak | WSW 254° | 3,207 m | 18.0 mi |
| Square Top | WSW 249° | 3,189 m | 17.9 mi |
| Jumbo Peak | WSW 252° | 3,189 m | 17.9 mi |
| Marys River Peak | WSW 236° | 3,189 m | 18.9 mi |
| Cougar Peak | WSW 243° | 3,154 m | 18.0 mi |
| Prospect Peak | WSW 242° | 3,137 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
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 | 29 | 31 | 37 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murphy (desert) HOT Springs, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357558352
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