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Red Mountain

Red Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Red Mountain rises to 2,650 m in Nevada. McAfee Peak stands 3,183 m to the south, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Rocky Bluff, a peak 1.7 miles away.

The story

mountain in Elko County, Nevada, United States of America

Wikidata Q49067747, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2650 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.62379, -115.98314

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 33
  • Big Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Hot Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Muddy Flat Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Deadman Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Source: Owyhee River: 14.2 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Parks: 1
  • Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 9.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McAfee PeakS 176°3,183 m7.1 mi
Jacks PeakS 190°3,112 m4.7 mi
Jacks PeakS 187°3,064 m9.6 mi
Porter PeakWNW 297°2,791 m8.9 mi
Pennsylvania HillNNW 329°2,751 m9.2 mi
Rocky BluffS 169°2,693 m1.7 mi
Merritt MountainNNE 23°2,672 m18.5 mi
Pine MountainENE 62°2,632 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4818:2018:56
June solstice05:1119:4020:22
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:0815:3316:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192231384654636152413020
Precip in1.71.01.21.41.60.80.50.40.60.81.11.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wild Horse Rsvr, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357559576

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