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Mount Gilbert

Mount Gilbert, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates40.62437, -115.44617

88 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 29
  • 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
Peaks: 28
Parks: 15
  • 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
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Chilton Centennial Tower: 21.9 mi
  • Caterpillar grader: 22.0 mi
  • 9/11 World Trade Center Monument: 22.1 mi
Attractions: 2
  • The Elko E: 18.9 mi
  • The Elko E: 18.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Power House Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Fisherman's Point: 17.5 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Basque Sheepherder: 22.0 mi
Gardens: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ruby DomeW 264°3,428 m1.5 mi
Mount FitzgeraldSE 125°3,418 m2.3 mi
Snow Lake PeakESE 117°3,394 m2.9 mi
Verdi PeakENE 73°3,375 m4.8 mi
Mount SillimanSW 235°3,336 m0.7 mi
Lake PeakSSE 147°3,329 m5.0 mi
King PeakS 187°3,326 m10.3 mi
Lee PeakW 273°3,325 m2.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1818:54
June solstice05:1219:3620:17
September equinox06:3018:0518:41
December solstice07:0315:3516:18

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937435059686758463527
Precip in1.31.21.51.92.21.00.30.60.71.01.01.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lamoille Yost, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 862409 — Mount Gilbert, Elko County, Nevada.

OpenStreetMap element node/357559630

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