Sand Hills
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. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 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
- 1,275 m
How to reach it
- 19.6 mi off the High Desert Discovery
- 20.8 mi off the East Steens
86 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Warm Springs: 11.5 mi
- Bog Hot Springs: 11.6 mi
- Devil's Faucet Hot Spring: 20.5 mi
- Roux Place: 15.8 mi
- Starr Homestead: 17.3 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duffer Peak | SSW 197° | 2,876 m | 23.8 mi |
| Pine Peak | SSW 195° | 2,792 m | 22.5 mi |
| Pueblo Mountain | NNW 341° | 2,631 m | 8.3 mi |
| Trident Peak | ESE 122° | 2,516 m | 10.9 mi |
| Blackie | E 81° | 2,500 m | 19.2 mi |
| House Creek Butte | SE 127° | 2,459 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mahogany Mountain | SSW 193° | 2,404 m | 12.4 mi |
| Black Diamond Peak | ESE 116° | 2,371 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:52 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 15:42 | 16:27 |
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 | 36 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 72 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
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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