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Mount Wilson

Mount Wilson, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Wilson rises to 2,057 m in Nevada. Middle Sister stands 3,306 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 9.4 miles off. 121 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.

The story

Mount Wilson is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada. The elevation is 6,745 feet (2,056 m). Mount Wilson was named after David Wilson.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q49055219, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2057 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.85047, -119.21988

121 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 59
  • Black Peak: 1.1 mi
  • Black Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Shamrock Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Newhouse Peak: 5.5 mi
  • Valley Point: 8.1 mi
Springs: 44
  • Hot Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Wellington Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Wedertz Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Mickey Canyon Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Pete Spring: 10.1 mi
Parks: 9
  • Colony Park: 9.4 mi
  • Mountain View: 9.8 mi
  • Mason Valley Swimming Pool Park: 10.1 mi
  • Arizzle Skate Park: 10.5 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 10.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 3
Museums: 1
  • Lyon County Museum: 9.7 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Middle SisterS 190°3,306 m24.0 mi
East SisterS 190°3,171 m22.9 mi
Bald MountainSSE 166°2,884 m22.5 mi
Mount SiegelW 280°2,869 m15.4 mi
Galena PeakW 277°2,866 m15.3 mi
Oreana PeakW 274°2,818 m13.9 mi
Bald MountainW 260°2,811.3 m16.6 mi
Bald MountainESE 102°2,792 m21.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:09
June solstice05:3319:4620:26
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1315:5716:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323743495766737163513932
Precip in1.00.70.80.40.70.40.30.20.10.40.50.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smith 6 N, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 862072 — Mount Wilson, Lyon County, Nevada.

OpenStreetMap element node/357559439

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