Porter Peak
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Porter Peak rises to 2,791 m in Nevada. McAfee Peak stands 3,183 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Jacket Peak, a peak 1.7 miles away. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
Porter Peak is the highest mountain in the Bull Run Mountains of northern Elko County, Nevada. It is located in the Mountain City Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q14705259, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,791 m
How to reach it
90 named places within 25 miles
- Blue Jacket Peak: 1.7 mi
- Columbia Summit: 3.8 mi
- Maggie Summit: 4.6 mi
- Pennsylvania Hill: 5.1 mi
- I L Summit: 5.5 mi
- Big Spring: 14.2 mi
- Muddy Flat Spring: 14.8 mi
- Bruneau Spring: 19.2 mi
- Jenkins Spring: 19.3 mi
- Moonshine Spring: 19.3 mi
- Fairlawn: 2.3 mi
- White Rock: 4.9 mi
- Rio Tinto: 12.0 mi
- Patsville: 12.9 mi
- Jack Creek: 13.0 mi
- Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 17.4 mi
- Humboldt State Game Refuge: 19.6 mi
- Blizzard Bluff: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Porter Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee Peak | SE 143° | 3,183 m | 13.9 mi |
| Jacks Peak | SE 140° | 3,112 m | 11.1 mi |
| Pennsylvania Hill | NE 39° | 2,751 m | 5.1 mi |
| Rocky Bluff | SE 124° | 2,693 m | 10.0 mi |
| Merritt Mountain | NE 50° | 2,672 m | 20.0 mi |
| Red Mountain | ESE 116° | 2,650 m | 8.9 mi |
| California Mountain | SSE 156° | 2,599 m | 22.4 mi |
| Blue Jacket Peak | NNE 13° | 2,573 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:41 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:33 | 18:07 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:33 | 16:18 |
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, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357558653
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