Poorman Peak
Poorman Peak rises to 2,136 m in Nevada. McAfee Peak stands 3,183 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Island Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063295, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,136 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Island Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Jenkins Peaks: 2.7 mi
- Little Island Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Waterlog Summit: 4.0 mi
- Cold Springs Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Bieroth Spring: 5.4 mi
- Jenkins Spring: 5.5 mi
- Archies Spring: 5.9 mi
- Muddy Flat Spring: 9.4 mi
- Robinson Spring: 14.3 mi
- Gold Creek: 2.5 mi
- Patsville: 12.4 mi
- Charleston: 12.8 mi
- Rio Tinto: 13.4 mi
- Rowland: 15.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 12.2 mi
- The Palisade: 15.4 mi
- Danger Point: 15.7 mi
- Blizzard Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Urdahl Concentrated Use Area: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Poorman Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee Peak | SW 220° | 3,183 m | 17.8 mi |
| Jacks Peak | SW 229° | 3,112 m | 17.0 mi |
| Copper Mountain | ENE 73° | 3,018 m | 12.4 mi |
| Fox Creek Peak | ENE 75° | 2,908 m | 17.7 mi |
| Coon Creek Peak | ENE 67° | 2,884 m | 15.8 mi |
| Silver Mountain | ENE 78° | 2,762 m | 12.3 mi |
| Pennsylvania Hill | W 275° | 2,751 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bear Creek Butte | ENE 64° | 2,736 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:40 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:42 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:31 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 61 | 52 | 41 | 30 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wild Horse Rsvr, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 861000 — Poorman Peak, Elko County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357558648
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