Pilot Peak
Pilot Peak rises to 3,235 m in Nevada. Murdock Mountain stands 2,532 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Chicken Hole Base, a attraction 12 miles away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Pilot Peak (Shoshoni: Waahkai) is the highest mountain in the Pilot Range in extreme eastern Elko County, Nevada, United States. It is the most topographically prominent peak in Elko County and the fourth-most prominent peak in Nevada. The peak is on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and thus has no access restrictions.
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Wikidata Q7194444, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,235 m
How to reach it
59 named places within 25 miles
- Sam's Rock: 12.4 mi
- Mineral Mountain: 14.5 mi
- Lemay Island: 15.1 mi
- Campbell Peak: 15.2 mi
- Jenkins Peak: 15.4 mi
- Loray: 15.1 mi
- Silver Zone: 16.0 mi
- Cobre: 18.0 mi
- Toano: 19.5 mi
- Ola: 21.0 mi
- Governors Spring: 16.4 mi
- Tunnel Spring No. 2: 16.5 mi
- Tunnel Spring No. 1: 16.7 mi
- Boyd Spring: 21.2 mi
- South Spring: 21.3 mi
- Victory Plaza: 19.2 mi
- Scobie Park: 19.7 mi
- West Wendover Equestrian Park: 20.0 mi
- Bonneville Salt Flats State Park: 21.2 mi
- Lincoln Highway Memorial: 19.4 mi
- Wendover Will: 19.4 mi
- Enola Gay Memorial: 19.6 mi
- Long Distance Telephone Memorial: 19.8 mi
- Chicken Hole Base: 12.2 mi
- Bonneville Salt Lakes: 18.8 mi
- C-123 Provider: 20.4 mi
- Lake Bonneville Guardian: 15.9 mi
- Sun Tunnels: 22.5 mi
- Salt Flats Rest Area, I-80 Westbound: 22.7 mi
- Salt Flats Rest Area, I-80 Eastbound: 22.7 mi
- Historic Wendover Airfield: 20.3 mi
- Bonneville State Park: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pilot Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murdock Mountain | NW 313° | 2,532 m | 20.4 mi |
| Bald Eagle Mountain | N 11° | 2,438 m | 17.2 mi |
| Sam's Rock | W 262° | 2,362 m | 12.4 mi |
| Silver Island | ESE 107° | 2,269 m | 15.8 mi |
| Copper Mountain | NNE 12° | 2,242 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mineral Mountain | N 10° | 2,125 m | 14.5 mi |
| The Nipple | N 10° | 2,071 m | 19.2 mi |
| Campbell Peak | ESE 113° | 2,050 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:40 | 19:12 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:31 | 21:13 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 16:28 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 31 | 39 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 78 | 74 | 63 | 48 | 35 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wendover 16nw, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357548648
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