Rattlesnake Mountain
Rattlesnake Mountain rises to 2,598 m in Nevada. Lake Peak stands 3,329 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Humboldt Spring, a spring 1.4 miles away. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 27 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
The story
Rattlesnake Mountain is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada. The elevation is 8,524 feet (2,598 m). Rattlesnake Mountain was so named on account of rattlesnakes near the summit.
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Wikidata Q49066847, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,598 m
How to reach it
- 27.1 mi off the Lamoille Canyon Road
64 named places within 25 miles
- Humboldt Spring: 1.4 mi
- Belmont Springs: 4.8 mi
- Brown Spring: 6.5 mi
- North School Creek: 7.1 mi
- Homestead Spring: 7.4 mi
- Pearl Peak: 3.6 mi
- Cass House Peak: 4.7 mi
- Sherman Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Green Mountain: 11.2 mi
- Tipton Peak: 13.6 mi
- Franklin Lake Wildlife Management Area: 12.1 mi
- Hobson: 12.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rattlesnake Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Peak | NNE 27° | 3,329 m | 24.2 mi |
| King Peak | NNE 25° | 3,326 m | 17.1 mi |
| Tipton Peak | NNE 30° | 3,315 m | 13.6 mi |
| Wines Peak | NNE 27° | 3,311 m | 23.0 mi |
| Pearl Peak | ESE 109° | 3,285 m | 3.6 mi |
| Green Mountain | NNE 28° | 3,254 m | 11.2 mi |
| Cass House Peak | SE 141° | 3,222 m | 4.7 mi |
| Sherman Mountain | S 174° | 3,114 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:35 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:31 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 15:37 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 37 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruby Lake NWR, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357558725
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