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Sand Hills

Sand Hills, seen from above at true elevation

Sand Hills rises to 1,275 m in Nevada. Duffer Peak stands 2,876 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cowden Mine Spring, a spring 3.4 miles away. High Desert Discovery passes 20 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Nevada, United States of America

Wikidata Q49071208, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1275 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.98656, -118.59684

89 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 44
  • Lone Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Strawberry Butte: 5.1 mi
  • Black Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Pueblo Mountain: 8.3 mi
  • Granite Mountain: 9.2 mi
Springs: 37
  • Cowden Mine Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Alberson Basin Spring: 5.7 mi
  • State Line Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Erquiaga Spring No. 2: 6.2 mi
  • Erquiaga Spring: 6.3 mi
Hot springs: 3
  • Warm Springs: 11.5 mi
  • Bog Hot Springs: 11.6 mi
  • Devil's Faucet Hot Spring: 20.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Roux Place: 15.8 mi
  • Starr Homestead: 17.3 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Borax Hot Springs: 23.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sand Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Duffer PeakSSW 197°2,876 m23.8 mi
Pine PeakSSW 195°2,792 m22.5 mi
Pueblo MountainNNW 341°2,631 m8.3 mi
Trident PeakESE 122°2,516 m10.9 mi
BlackieE 81°2,500 m19.2 mi
House Creek ButteSE 127°2,459 m13.0 mi
Mahogany MountainSSW 193°2,404 m12.4 mi
Black Diamond PeakESE 116°2,371 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:07
June solstice05:2019:5220:34
September equinox06:4318:1718:53
December solstice07:2015:4216:27

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643485665747263514032
Precip in0.70.81.01.01.40.80.30.30.30.60.81.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Denio, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 852223 — Sand Hills, Humboldt County, Nevada.

OpenStreetMap element node/357554647

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