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Pennsylvania Hill

Pennsylvania Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Pennsylvania Hill rises to 2,751 m in Nevada. McAfee Peak stands 3,183 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Jacket Peak, a peak 3.6 miles away.

The story

mountain in Nevada, United States of America

Wikidata Q49060666, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2751 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.73825, -116.07412

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 20
  • Hot Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Muddy Flat Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Bruneau Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Moonshine Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Jenkins Spring: 14.9 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Parks: 2
  • Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 14.9 mi
  • Humboldt State Game Refuge: 22.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Pennsylvania Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McAfee PeakSSE 161°3,183 m15.8 mi
Jacks PeakSSE 163°3,112 m13.1 mi
Jacks PeakSSE 169°3,064 m17.8 mi
Porter PeakSW 219°2,791 m5.1 mi
Rocky BluffSSE 152°2,693 m10.8 mi
Merritt MountainNE 53°2,672 m15.0 mi
Red MountainSSE 149°2,650 m9.2 mi
Blue Jacket PeakSW 231°2,573 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2018:57
June solstice05:1119:4120:23
September equinox06:3218:0718:43
December solstice07:0915:3316:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231384654636152413020
Precip in1.71.01.21.41.60.80.50.40.60.81.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wild Horse Rsvr, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 860913 — Pennsylvania Hill, Elko County, Nevada.

OpenStreetMap element node/357558603

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