Rice Peak
Rice Peak rises to 2,667 m in Nevada. Mount Siegel stands 2,869 m to the south-southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Como, a peak 2.5 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 3.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49068385, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,667 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 25.0 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
- 25.7 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 26 mi
- Cave Rock · 26 mi
- Memorial Point Scenic Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinenut Shooting Range: 11.9 mi
- Mt Siegel OHV Staging Area: 12.3 mi
- Johnson Lane OHV Play Area: 12.6 mi
- Douglas County Fairground: 12.7 mi
- Johnson Lane OHV Main Staging Area: 13.0 mi
- Mount Como: 2.5 mi
- Artesia: 5.5 mi
- Mineral Peak: 5.8 mi
- Mount Siegel: 6.9 mi
- Galena Peak: 7.7 mi
- Iron Spring: 6.8 mi
- Lebo Spring: 7.4 mi
- Willow Spring: 7.8 mi
- Fulstone No. 3 Spring: 8.6 mi
- Erastra Spring: 9.6 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 15.7 mi
- Lyon County Museum: 16.2 mi
- Dayton Museum: 18.7 mi
- Eastgate Depot: 18.9 mi
- Nevada State Railroad Museum: 19.8 mi
- Palmyra Town Site: 12.6 mi
- Palmyra Mining Camp: 12.6 mi
- Carson Raceway: 21.9 mi
- Molhenge: 23.6 mi
- Molossia's Bottle Forest: 23.6 mi
- Hoye Bridge: 17.9 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 17.9 mi
- Thompson Smelter: 18.5 mi
- Barney Riley: 18.7 mi
- Nevada Vietnam Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Ludwig: 10.2 mi
- Como: 12.9 mi
- Stone Cabin: 13.9 mi
- Sutro: 21.3 mi
- Carson City Community Garden: 20.4 mi
- Norton Park: 23.6 mi
- Genoa Falls: 21.7 mi
- Lower King's Canyon Waterfall: 22.3 mi
- Susans Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Pony Bob Haslam Group Use Area: 23.3 mi
- South Beach: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Rice Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Siegel | SSW 197° | 2,869 m | 6.9 mi |
| Galena Peak | SSW 195° | 2,866 m | 7.7 mi |
| Oreana Peak | S 185° | 2,818 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSW 194° | 2,811 m | 12.6 mi |
| Granite Peak | S 191° | 2,769 m | 10.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Hill | SSW 194° | 2,749 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Como | N 349° | 2,743 m | 2.5 mi |
| Eagle Mountain | S 183° | 2,692 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
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 | 32 | 37 | 43 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 73 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smith 6 N, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 848695 — Rice Peak, Douglas County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357552767
Day trips start here
- Republic of Molossia · 24 mi
- Virginia City · 25 mi
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