Rattlesnake Hill
Rattlesnake Hill rises to 1,269 m in Nevada. Carson Table Summit stands 2,527 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Oats Park Arts Center, a attraction 1.4 miles away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 1.0 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
The story
Rattlesnake Hill is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada. The elevation is 4,163 feet (1,269 m). Rattlesnake Hill was so named on account of rattlesnakes on and around the summit.
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Wikidata Q49066779, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,269 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the The Loneliest Road in America
57 named places within 25 miles
- Grimes Point: 8.6 mi
- Morrison Peak: 9.0 mi
- Eetz Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Reed Butte: 9.4 mi
- Sehoo Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Oats Park: 1.5 mi
- West End Elementary School Field: 2.1 mi
- Laura Mills Park: 2.4 mi
- Fallon Nature Reserve: 2.8 mi
- Churchill County Regional Park: 2.9 mi
- Rock Springs: 17.2 mi
- Allen Springs: 19.3 mi
- Lee Hot Springs: 19.5 mi
- Mud Hole Spring: 19.8 mi
- Ripley Spring: 20.5 mi
- S Line Reservoir Beach: 1.8 mi
- Soda Lake Beach: 7.4 mi
- Churchill Beach: 16.1 mi
- Sixmile Beach: 19.3 mi
- Virginia Beach: 22.9 mi
- Nevada City: 5.6 mi
- Ragtown: 8.8 mi
- Stillwater: 11.2 mi
- Salt Wells: 12.0 mi
- Leete: 23.7 mi
- Pony Express Monument: 16.8 mi
- Sand Springs Pony Express Station: 22.5 mi
- Oats Park Arts Center: 1.4 mi
- Churchill County Museum: 2.2 mi
- Stillwater Point: 15.7 mi
- Fernley Wildlife Management Area: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rattlesnake Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Table Summit | E 81° | 2,527 m | 24.4 mi |
| Table Mountain | E 81° | 2,521 m | 24.4 mi |
| Desert Peak | SSW 193° | 1,954 m | 19.7 mi |
| Black Knob | E 97° | 1,878 m | 24.9 mi |
| Red Mountain | WSW 239° | 1,622 m | 13.7 mi |
| The Nipple | WSW 237° | 1,559 m | 13.7 mi |
| Green Hill | NNW 336° | 1,515 m | 23.9 mi |
| Black Butte | WNW 291° | 1,428 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 19:46 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:53 | 16:35 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 38 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fallon EXP STN, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 843090 — Rattlesnake Hill, Churchill County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357548934
Day trips start here
- Fallon · 2 mi
- Fernley · 26 mi
- Silver Springs · 26 mi
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