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Signal Peak

Signal Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Signal Peak rises to 1,895 m in Nevada. Kumiva Peak stands 2,500 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. Lovelock Cave Back Country Byway passes 26 miles off. 42 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Pershing County, Nevada, United States

Wikidata Q49073807, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1895 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.46213, -118.79572

42 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 20
  • Willow Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Porter Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Alson Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Nera Spring No. 33: 7.4 mi
  • Shingle Spring: 7.5 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Seven Troughs Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Seven Troughs Benchmark: 4.1 mi
  • Phonolite Peak: 6.9 mi
  • Kbsk Mountain: 8.6 mi
  • Eagles Nest Rock: 9.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Historic sites: 1
  • Vernon Jail: 2.8 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kumiva PeakW 261°2,500 m24.9 mi
Seven Troughs BenchmarkNNW 340°2,377 m4.1 mi
Juniper MountainSW 223°2,272 m21.5 mi
Seven Troughs MountainWNW 291°2,268 m1.3 mi
Kbsk MountainNNE 17°2,172 m8.6 mi
Hannan Range High PointWNW 298°2,143 m10.9 mi
Toulon PeakS 174°2,124 m24.7 mi
Trinity PeakS 171°2,121 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4916:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323743485766757263513930
Precip in1.00.70.80.91.20.70.20.30.30.60.70.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RYE Patch DAM, 26 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 850473 — Signal Peak, Pershing County, Nevada.

OpenStreetMap element node/357553616

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