Mount Prometheus
Mount Prometheus rises to 2,434 m in Nevada. Bunker Hill stands 3,498 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 0.6 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
The story
Mount Prometheus is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada. The elevation is 7,985 feet (2,434 m). Mount Prometheus was named after Prometheus, from Greek mythology. A variant name is "Prometheus Peak".
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Wikidata Q49054223, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,434 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the The Loneliest Road in America
56 named places within 25 miles
- Mud Spring: 0.6 mi
- Bob Scotts Spring: 3.6 mi
- Cottonwood Spring No. 2: 4.9 mi
- Cottonwood Spring No. 1: 5.3 mi
- Reeder Spring: 6.4 mi
- North Hill: 1.2 mi
- Central Hill: 1.5 mi
- South Hill: 1.5 mi
- Union Hill: 1.8 mi
- Fandango Hill: 2.3 mi
- Bert T Gandolfo Park: 1.2 mi
- Bade Flat State Game Refuge: 2.5 mi
- Hickison Petroglyth Recreation Site: 15.9 mi
- Kingston Park: 20.1 mi
- Clifton: 1.8 mi
- Jacobsville: 7.3 mi
- Austin Historical Society Museum: 1.3 mi
- Pony Express Statue: 2.4 mi
- Point of Rocks: 17.1 mi
- Nevada's Geographic Center: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Prometheus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bunker Hill | SSW 194° | 3,498 m | 17.4 mi |
| North Toiyabe Peak | S 190° | 3,261 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Callaghan | NNE 18° | 3,088 m | 15.6 mi |
| Big Creek Peak | SSW 201° | 3,053 m | 14.6 mi |
| Bates Mountain | ENE 73° | 2,724 m | 15.0 mi |
| Telegraph Peak | N 4° | 2,602 m | 4.1 mi |
| Eagle Butte | E 79° | 2,555 m | 12.8 mi |
| Union Hill | S 183° | 2,467 m | 1.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:52 | 18:25 | 19:00 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:39 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:46 | 16:28 |
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 | 34 | 35 | 41 | 45 | 54 | 63 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Austin #2, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 861026 — Mount Prometheus, Lander County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357558677
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- Austin · 1 mi
- Central Nevada · 26 mi
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