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Mount Taylor

Mount Taylor, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Taylor rises to 2,809 m in Nevada. Spruce Mountain stands 3,119 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is High Peak, a peak 2.7 miles away. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Nevada, United States of America

Wikidata Q49054797, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2809 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.21521, -114.92503

50 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 24
  • Mustang Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Dry Canyon Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Owens Springs: 9.8 mi
  • Indian Ranch Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Flat Canyon Spring: 13.2 mi
Peaks: 22
Ghost towns: 4

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Taylor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spruce MountainNNE 13°3,119 m23.9 mi
Becky PeakSE 135°3,040 m24.0 mi
High PeakSSE 149°2,856 m2.7 mi
High Bald PeaksW 280°2,760 m11.4 mi
Currie SummitS 169°2,574 m12.3 mi
Sharp PeakENE 65°2,553 m21.5 mi
Bald PeakENE 72°2,476 m21.1 mi
Rocky PointN 351°2,475 m4.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1618:52
June solstice05:1119:3220:13
September equinox06:2818:0318:38
December solstice07:0015:3416:18

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273139445363717060483627
Precip in0.70.60.91.11.00.60.70.50.70.80.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lages, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357551615

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