Pearl Peak
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
- 26.9 mi off the Lamoille Canyon Road
65 named places within 25 miles
- Humboldt Spring: 5.0 mi
- Flyn Spring: 5.3 mi
- Belmont Springs: 6.7 mi
- Flynn and Hager Spring: 6.9 mi
- North School Creek: 7.5 mi
- Cass House Peak: 2.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Sherman Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Green Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Station Butte: 12.5 mi
- Franklin Lake Wildlife Management Area: 10.3 mi
- Hobson: 11.1 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Peak | NNE 19° | 3,329 m | 24.0 mi |
| King Peak | NNE 13° | 3,326 m | 17.1 mi |
| Tipton Peak | NNE 14° | 3,315 m | 13.4 mi |
| Wines Peak | NNE 18° | 3,311 m | 22.8 mi |
| Green Mountain | N 10° | 3,254 m | 11.2 mi |
| Cass House Peak | SSW 191° | 3,222 m | 2.5 mi |
| Sherman Mountain | SSW 197° | 3,114 m | 8.4 mi |
| Drown Peak | N 7° | 3,102 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:35 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 15:37 | 16:20 |
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 | 26 | 30 | 37 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
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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