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Pearl Peak

Pearl Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Pearl Peak rises to 3,285 m in Nevada. Lake Peak stands 3,329 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cass House Peak, a peak 2.5 miles away. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 27 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

The story

Pearl Peak is a 10,777-foot (3,285 m) summit in the southern part of the Ruby Mountains, in Elko County, Nevada in the United States. The peak, which is within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, is primarily composed of Ordovician to early Devonian dolomite and limestone, with minor amounts of sandstone and quartzite. It hosts a stand of bristlecone pine. Pearl Peak is about 40 miles (64 km) south of Elko and 50 miles (80 km) north of Eureka. The Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located a short distance to the southeast.

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Wikidata Q48773542, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3285 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.23521, -115.54199

65 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 43
Peaks: 20
Parks: 1
  • Franklin Lake Wildlife Management Area: 10.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lake PeakNNE 19°3,329 m24.0 mi
King PeakNNE 13°3,326 m17.1 mi
Tipton PeakNNE 14°3,315 m13.4 mi
Wines PeakNNE 18°3,311 m22.8 mi
Green MountainN 10°3,254 m11.2 mi
Cass House PeakSSW 191°3,222 m2.5 mi
Sherman MountainSSW 197°3,114 m8.4 mi
Drown PeakN 7°3,102 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4618:1918:54
June solstice05:1419:3520:16
September equinox06:3018:0518:41
December solstice07:0215:3716:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263037435362716959473627
Precip in1.71.41.51.51.40.80.50.50.91.11.31.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruby Lake NWR, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/357558589

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