Mount Gilbert
Mount Gilbert rises to 3,352 m in Nevada. Ruby Dome stands 3,428 m to the west, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Silliman, a peak 0.7 miles away. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 2.5 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Gilbert is the sixth-highest named mountain of the Ruby Mountains and the eighth-highest in Elko County, in Nevada, United States. It is the forty-third-highest mountain in the state. The peak is a spectacular part of the view from State Route 227 in Lamoille Valley, rising over 5,300 feet (1,620 m) above the valley floor at Lamoille. It rises from the head of Seitz Canyon, and is part of the west wall of Right Fork Canyon (a branch of Lamoille Canyon). The summit is a high glacial horn, located about 22 miles (35 km) southeast of the community of Elko within the Ruby Mountains Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
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Wikidata Q6920899, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3352 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Lamoille Canyon Road
88 named places within 25 miles
- Basin Spring: 4.7 mi
- Brennen Spring: 4.8 mi
- Lee Spring: 5.2 mi
- Big Spring: 5.3 mi
- Owl Spring: 5.4 mi
- Mount Silliman: 0.7 mi
- Ruby Dome: 1.5 mi
- Lee Peak: 2.3 mi
- Mount Fitzgerald: 2.3 mi
- Snow Lake Peak: 2.9 mi
- Spring Creek Marina: 10.7 mi
- Fort Halleck Historical Marker: 14.0 mi
- Franklin Lake Wildlife Management Area: 19.0 mi
- Southside Park: 21.5 mi
- Railroad Park: 21.9 mi
- Ruby City: 14.1 mi
- South Fork: 14.7 mi
- Cottonwood: 22.1 mi
- Cowboy Gear and Arts Museum: 21.9 mi
- Western Folklife Center: 21.9 mi
- Northeastern Nevada Museum: 22.0 mi
- Chilton Centennial Tower: 21.9 mi
- Caterpillar grader: 22.0 mi
- 9/11 World Trade Center Monument: 22.1 mi
- The Elko E: 18.9 mi
- The Elko E: 18.9 mi
- Power House Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- South Fork State Recreation Area: 16.7 mi
- Fisherman's Point: 17.5 mi
- Basque Sheepherder: 22.0 mi
- Kelly Ostler Rose Garden: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Gilbert. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby Dome | W 264° | 3,428 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Fitzgerald | SE 125° | 3,418 m | 2.3 mi |
| Snow Lake Peak | ESE 117° | 3,394 m | 2.9 mi |
| Verdi Peak | ENE 73° | 3,375 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Silliman | SW 235° | 3,336 m | 0.7 mi |
| Lake Peak | SSE 147° | 3,329 m | 5.0 mi |
| King Peak | S 187° | 3,326 m | 10.3 mi |
| Lee Peak | W 273° | 3,325 m | 2.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:36 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 15:35 | 16:18 |
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 | 26 | 29 | 37 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lamoille Yost, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 862409 — Mount Gilbert, Elko County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357559630
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