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Mount Augusta

Mount Augusta, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Augusta rises to 2,996 m in Nevada. Desatoya North Twin stands 3,027 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Kaiser Spring, a spring 4.3 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 16 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

The story

Mount Augusta is the highest mountain in the Clan Alpine Mountains of Churchill County in Nevada, United States. It is the most topographically prominent peak in Churchill County and ranks nineteenth among the most topographically prominent peaks in Nevada. The peak is on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and thus has no access restrictions.

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Wikidata Q19865039, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2996 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.53964, -117.91846

74 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 34
  • Shaley Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Black Butte: 6.8 mi
  • Round Mountain: 8.1 mi
  • Queen Peak: 8.7 mi
  • Wonder Mountain: 9.6 mi
Springs: 26
  • Kaiser Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Box Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Willow Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Meadow Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Eagle Spring: 10.8 mi
Historic sites: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 2
  • Shoe Tree: 17.3 mi
  • Nowhere Nevada: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Dixie Hot Springs: 19.5 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Desatoya North TwinSE 144°3,027 m14.5 mi
Desatoya PeakSE 145°2,995 m14.7 mi
New Pass PeakENE 72°2,745 m24.3 mi
Bald MountainSSE 154°2,711 m19.9 mi
Healy PeakNNE 31°2,696 m11.7 mi
Shaley PeakNNE 30°2,680 m6.1 mi
Job PeakW 280°2,660 m17.2 mi
Mount LincolnW 272°2,611 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2819:04
June solstice05:2519:4320:23
September equinox06:4018:1518:50
December solstice07:0915:4916:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313641465462717060493830
Precip in0.50.50.40.61.00.50.20.30.20.60.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middlegate-clifford, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 838532 — Mount Augusta, Churchill County, Nevada.

OpenStreetMap element node/357544790

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