North Schell Peak
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North Schell Peak rises to 3,614 m in Nevada. Mount Moriah stands 3,577 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Schell Creek State Game Refuge Number 7, a park 2.3 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 18 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
North Schell Peak is the highest mountain in the Schell Creek Range of White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It is the ninth-highest mountain in the state, and also ranks as the fifth-most topographically prominent peak in the state. The summit is 19 miles (31 km) northeast of the community of Ely within the High Schells Wilderness of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
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Wikidata Q3344163, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3614 m
How to reach it
- 18.3 mi off the The Loneliest Road in America
- 26.8 mi off the Highway 93
Named places within 25 miles
- Paine Spring: 4.2 mi
- Pat and Mike Springs: 4.8 mi
- Bart Spring: 5.7 mi
- Wellington Springs: 6.3 mi
- Little Wellington Springs: 6.6 mi
- Taft Peak: 4.3 mi
- South Schell Peak: 5.3 mi
- Black Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Cleve Creek Baldy: 11.0 mi
- Ninemile Point: 12.1 mi
- Schell Creek State Game Refuge Number 7: 2.3 mi
- Cave Lake State Park: 16.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 19.2 mi
- Ely Renaissance Society Sculpture Park: 19.3 mi
- Broadbent Park: 19.6 mi
- McGill Drugstore Museum: 9.6 mi
- Nevada Northern Railway Museum: 17.9 mi
- White Pine Museum: 18.6 mi
- Ely Renaissance Village: 19.3 mi
- Horns-A-Plenty antler arch: 21.3 mi
- Osceola Arch: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Schell Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Moriah | ESE 114° | 3,577 m | 23.5 mi |
| South Schell Peak | S 180° | 3,574 m | 5.3 mi |
| Taft Peak | S 174° | 3,564 m | 4.3 mi |
| Cleve Creek Baldy | SSW 193° | 3,324 m | 11.0 mi |
| Black Mountain | SSE 167° | 3,302 m | 9.7 mi |
| Cave Mountain | S 183° | 3,275 m | 17.4 mi |
| O'Neal Peak | E 82° | 3,075 m | 16.8 mi |
| Camel Peak | SSW 207° | 3,066 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:15 | 18:51 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:29 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:27 | 18:02 | 18:37 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 15:36 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 63 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcgill, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357558522
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- Ely · 19 mi
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