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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. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 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
2725 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.16298, -116.58481

94 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 49
  • 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: 33
  • 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 MountainSE 144°3,041 m25.0 mi
Mount LewisNW 319°2,950 m22.1 mi
Cooper PeakSE 142°2,870 m23.5 mi
Goat PeakNW 308°2,741 m21.6 mi
Buck MountainS 177°2,710 m24.9 mi
Western PeakSE 144°2,693 m21.2 mi
Dome PeakNW 313°2,610 m19.2 mi
Bald MountainSW 220°2,590 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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