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Mount Tenabo

Mount Tenabo, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Tenabo rises to 2,725 m in Nevada. Roberts Creek Mountain stands 3,041 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Cortez, a ghost town 1.8 miles away. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

The story

Mount Tenabo (Shoshoni: "Lookout Mountain") is the principal peak in the Cortez Mountains. The mountain is of cultural and religious significance to the Western Shoshone people.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6924073, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2,725 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.16298, -116.58481

86 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 43
  • Willow Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Wenban Spring: 7.5 mi
  • House Springs: 7.5 mi
  • Dugout Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Wilson Springs: 9.4 mi
Peaks: 31
  • Dry Hills: 3.8 mi
  • Mount Caetano: 6.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 9.9 mi
  • Cooks Butte: 10.2 mi
  • Altenburg Hill: 10.9 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Parks: 1
  • Crescent Valley Community Park: 17.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Walti Hot Springs: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Roberts Creek MountainSE3,041 m25.0 mi
Mount LewisNW2,950 m22.1 mi
Cooper PeakSE2,870 m23.5 mi
Goat PeakNW2,741 m21.6 mi
Buck MountainS2,710 m24.9 mi
Western PeakSE2,693 m21.2 mi
Dome PeakNW2,610 m19.2 mi
Bald MountainSW2,590 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2318:59
June solstice05:1819:3920:20
September equinox06:3518:0918:45
December solstice07:0615:4116:24

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293340455362716960483828
Precip in0.80.60.91.01.40.70.50.30.50.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beowawe 49S - U OF N RCH, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 854643 — Mount Tenabo, Eureka County, Nevada.

OpenStreetMap element node/357554959

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