Matterhorn
Matterhorn rises to 3,250 m in Nevada. Bald Peak stands 3,208 m to the north-northwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Square Top, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
Matterhorn is the highest mountain in the Jarbidge Mountains of northern Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is the fifteenth-most topographically prominent peak in the state. The summit is located in the Jarbidge Wilderness, which is administered by the Jarbidge Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Its name is derived from the Matterhorn in the Alps of Europe, due mainly to the cliffs located immediately adjacent to the summit on the north and northeast.
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Wikidata Q14514922, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3250 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Square Top: 0.7 mi
- Cougar Peak: 1.3 mi
- Jumbo Peak: 1.5 mi
- Prospect Peak: 1.6 mi
- Government Peak: 1.9 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 5.9 mi
- Robinson Hole: 9.0 mi
- Black Spring: 13.6 mi
- Coyote Spring: 16.1 mi
- Source of the Bruneau River: 16.7 mi
- Danger Point: 5.1 mi
- The Palisade: 5.4 mi
- Red Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 17.5 mi
- Black Rock: 18.7 mi
- Charleston: 11.9 mi
- Rowland: 17.9 mi
- Gold Creek: 18.4 mi
- Urdahl Concentrated Use Area: 2.2 mi
- Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Matterhorn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Peak | NNW 341° | 3,208 m | 2.5 mi |
| Jarbidge Peak | NNW 338° | 3,207 m | 2.2 mi |
| Square Top | NNW 334° | 3,189 m | 0.7 mi |
| Jumbo Peak | NNW 336° | 3,189 m | 1.5 mi |
| Marys River Peak | SSE 168° | 3,189 m | 3.6 mi |
| Cougar Peak | SSE 161° | 3,154 m | 1.3 mi |
| Prospect Peak | SE 130° | 3,137 m | 1.6 mi |
| Government Peak | S 170° | 3,103 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:07 | 19:38 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:04 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:29 | 16:14 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 28 | 37 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 66 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jarbidge, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 860500 — Matterhorn, Elko County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357558408
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