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Mount Blitzen

Mount Blitzen, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Blitzen rises to 2,468 m in Nevada. McAfee Peak stands 3,183 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Arthur, a ghost town 2.0 miles away. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Nevada, United States of America

Wikidata Q49052092, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2468 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.33657, -116.25620

50 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 12
  • Niagara Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Barrel Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Italian Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Spaghetti Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Pattani Spring: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 3

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McAfee PeakNE 49°3,183 m19.4 mi
Jacks PeakNE 41°3,112 m20.3 mi
Jacks PeakNE 51°3,064 m16.6 mi
Porter PeakNNE 14°2,791 m24.6 mi
Wheeler MountainESE 104°2,750 m12.2 mi
Rocky BluffNE 38°2,693 m23.3 mi
Beaver PeakS 180°2,677 m18.0 mi
Nannies PeakSE 135°2,672 m20.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2118:57
June solstice05:1319:4120:23
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:0815:3516:19

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293037425059696859483628

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tuscarora, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357556278

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