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Mount Tobin

Mount Tobin, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Tobin rises to 2,973 m in Nevada. China Mountain stands 2,650 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Cottonwood Spring, a spring 1.8 miles away. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

The story

Mount Tobin is the highest mountain in the Tobin Range of Pershing County in Nevada, United States. It is the second-most topographically prominent peak in Pershing County and ranks twelfth among the most topographically prominent peaks in Nevada. The peak is on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and thus has no access restrictions, though private property is located along the most popular route to the summit.

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Wikidata Q22060831, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2973 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.37686, -117.52595

50 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 30
  • Lower Cottonwood Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Upper Cottonwood Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Summit Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Mud Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Coyote Springs: 6.8 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Needle Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Rim Peak: 4.8 mi
  • Pollard Peak: 8.8 mi
  • Daisy Peak: 9.1 mi
  • Koe Pato: 10.4 mi
Hot springs: 2
  • Buffalo Hot Springs: 10.4 mi
  • Kyle Hot Springs: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
China MountainNNE 14°2,650 m13.4 mi
Mount MosesSSE 160°2,603 m16.9 mi
Cain MountainS 182°2,553 m24.4 mi
Granite MountainWSW 247°2,551 m16.7 mi
Granite PeakWSW 244°2,540 m15.7 mi
Needle PeakSSE 167°2,332 m4.4 mi
Pollard PeakN 8°2,331 m8.8 mi
Manganese PeakNE 48°2,312 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:2119:4320:24
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1015:4416:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 844337 — Mount Tobin, Pershing County, Nevada.

OpenStreetMap element node/357550040

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