Mount Moriah
Mount Moriah rises to 3,577 m in Nevada. Wheeler Peak stands 3,982 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Spring, a spring 5.1 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 11 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Moriah is a 12,072-foot (3,680 m) mountain in the northern Snake Range of eastern White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is the fifth-highest mountain in the state, and ranks as the ninth-most topographically prominent peak in the state. It is located in the Mount Moriah Wilderness administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
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Wikidata Q6922267, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,577 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the The Loneliest Road in America
- 25.9 mi off the Highway 93
79 named places within 25 miles
- Mud Spring: 5.1 mi
- Chokecherry Spring: 6.4 mi
- Fourmile Spring: 6.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 6.8 mi
- Pipe Spring: 6.8 mi
- Central Peak: 7.3 mi
- Petes Knoll: 10.8 mi
- O'Neal Peak: 12.8 mi
- First Butte: 13.8 mi
- Second Butte: 15.2 mi
- Amphitheater: 19.0 mi
- Bristlecone Pine Trail: 19.7 mi
- Rock Glacier: 20.4 mi
- Swamp Cedar Natural Area: 16.1 mi
- Schell Creek State Game Refuge Number 7: 24.6 mi
- Horns-A-Plenty antler arch: 11.5 mi
- Osceola Arch: 14.3 mi
- Osceola: 16.1 mi
- Mather Plaque: 17.9 mi
- Lehman Caves Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Grey Cliffs: 19.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Moriah. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler Peak | SSW 197° | 3,982 m | 20.8 mi |
| Doso Doyabi | SSW 195° | 3,891 m | 20.4 mi |
| Baker Peak | SSW 197° | 3,748 m | 22.0 mi |
| North Schell Peak | WNW 294° | 3,614 m | 23.5 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | SSW 193° | 3,607 m | 23.0 mi |
| South Schell Peak | WNW 282° | 3,574 m | 21.9 mi |
| Taft Peak | WNW 284° | 3,564 m | 21.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSW 201° | 3,504 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:14 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 20:27 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:35 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 34 | 44 | 50 | 59 | 69 | 76 | 75 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eskdale, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357556645
Day trips start here
- Baker · 18 mi
- Great Basin National Park · 19 mi
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