Mount Jefferson (South Summit)
Mount Jefferson (South Summit) rises to 3,637 m in Nevada. North Summit Mount Jefferson stands 3,601 m to the north, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Summit Mount Jefferson, a peak 1.5 miles away. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Jefferson is the highest mountain in both the Toquima Range and Nye County in Nevada, United States. It is the sixth highest mountain in the state. As the high point of a range which is well separated from other ranges by low basins, Mount Jefferson has a high topographic prominence of 5,861 feet (1,786 m). This makes it the most prominent peak in Nye County and the third most prominent peak in Nevada (after Charleston Peak and Wheeler Peak). For similar reasons, it is also the highest mountain for over 90 miles in all directions. It is located about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of the county seat of Tonopah within the Alta Toquima Wilderness of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, near the smaller towns of Carvers and Round Mountain. Three distinct summits are located on a broad area of subalpine tundra: North Summit rises to 11,820 feet (3,603 m), Middle Summit to 11,692 feet (3,564 m), and South Summit to 11,949 feet (3,642 m). During the Pleistocene, alpine glaciers eroded several cirques east of the summit plateau.
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What the record says
- Elevation
- 3637 m
How to reach it
94 named places within 25 miles
- Middle Summit Mount Jefferson: 1.5 mi
- North Summit Mount Jefferson: 3.0 mi
- Three Summits Hill: 3.9 mi
- Little Table Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Bull Frame Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Soldier Spring: 2.2 mi
- Wild Horse Spring: 3.2 mi
- Ink House Spring: 5.1 mi
- Ryecroft Spring: 6.5 mi
- Sage Hen Spring: 7.0 mi
- Meadow Canyon State Game Refuge: 5.8 mi
- Belmont Courthouse State Historic Site: 11.1 mi
- Devil's Gate: 12.4 mi
- High Desert Interpretive Garden: 13.1 mi
- Big Smoky Rest Area: 13.6 mi
- Devil's Cauldron: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Jefferson (South Summit). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Summit Mount Jefferson | N 359° | 3,601 m | 3.0 mi |
| Arc Dome | WNW 284° | 3,590 m | 23.6 mi |
| Middle Summit Mount Jefferson | NNW 332° | 3,562 m | 1.5 mi |
| Toiyabe Dome | W 281° | 3,462 m | 17.8 mi |
| Toiyabe Dome Southeast Summit | W 280° | 3,449 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mahogany Mountain | W 271° | 3,343 m | 20.9 mi |
| Shoshone Mountain | SSW 199° | 3,322 m | 6.0 mi |
| Spanish Peak | SSW 205° | 3,271 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 19:37 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:36 | 18:11 | 18:46 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 15:48 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 42 | 47 | 56 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smoky Valley - Carvers, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipedia- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 861514 — South Summit, Nye County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357559022
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