Mount Blitzen
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. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 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
- 2,468 m
How to reach it
49 named places within 25 miles
- Battle Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Beard Hill: 3.0 mi
- McCann Creek Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Castile Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Cottonwood Peak: 4.8 mi
- 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
- Arthur: 2.0 mi
- Jack Creek: 13.6 mi
- North Fork: 24.9 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee Peak | NE 49° | 3,183 m | 19.4 mi |
| Jacks Peak | NE 51° | 3,064 m | 16.6 mi |
| Porter Peak | NNE 14° | 2,791 m | 24.6 mi |
| Wheeler Mountain | ESE 104° | 2,750 m | 12.2 mi |
| Rocky Bluff | NE 38° | 2,693 m | 23.3 mi |
| Beaver Peak | S 180° | 2,677 m | 18.0 mi |
| Nannies Peak | SE 135° | 2,672 m | 20.6 mi |
| Lone Mountain | SE 135° | 2,670 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:35 | 16:19 |
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 | 29 | 30 | 37 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 69 | 68 | 59 | 48 | 36 | 28 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tuscarora, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357556278
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