Mount Augusta
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
- 16.3 mi off the The Loneliest Road in America
Overlooks nearby
74 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Alpine Post Office: 4.4 mi
- Old Telegraph Station: 10.6 mi
- Cold Springs Station Site: 10.9 mi
- Cold Springs Pony Express Station Ruins: 11.7 mi
- Overland Stage Station: 20.7 mi
- Wonder: 10.0 mi
- Dixie Valley: 15.3 mi
- Bernice: 16.8 mi
- Fairview: 24.1 mi
- Shoe Tree: 17.3 mi
- Nowhere Nevada: 20.1 mi
- Fault: 14.8 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desatoya North Twin | SE 144° | 3,027 m | 14.5 mi |
| Desatoya Peak | SE 145° | 2,995 m | 14.7 mi |
| New Pass Peak | ENE 72° | 2,745 m | 24.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSE 154° | 2,711 m | 19.9 mi |
| Healy Peak | NNE 31° | 2,696 m | 11.7 mi |
| Shaley Peak | NNE 30° | 2,680 m | 6.1 mi |
| Job Peak | W 280° | 2,660 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Lincoln | W 272° | 2,611 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:43 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
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 | 31 | 36 | 41 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
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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