Spruce Mountain
Spruce Mountain rises to 3,119 m in Nevada. Mount Taylor stands 2,809 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sprucemont, a ghost town 2.7 miles away. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 29 miles off. 28 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
The story
Spruce Mountain is a mountain in Elko County, Nevada, United States. It was named from the spruce timber near the summit. Spruce Mountain ranks twenty-fifth among the most topographically prominent peaks in the state. The summit is at 10,267 feet (3,129 m). Spruce Mountain is on a northeast–southwest trending ridge with a parallel Spruce Ridge to the northwest. To the east, a low section of hills connects the mountain to the south end of the Pequop Mountains. US Route 93 passes the southwest end of the mountain. The peak is on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and thus has no access restrictions. The western side of the mountain was the site of copper, silver, and lead mining during the late 19th century. The settlement of Sprucemont on the western slope of the mountain supported the mining activity and existed from 1868 through about 1900 and is now a ghost town. Electronics researcher Ralph Hartley was born at Sprucemont in 1888.
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Wikidata Q7581424, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,119 m
How to reach it
- 29.0 mi off the Lamoille Canyon Road
28 named places within 25 miles
- Boone Spring: 7.5 mi
- Lower Boone Spring: 8.6 mi
- Mound Springs: 11.5 mi
- Curtis Spring: 15.9 mi
- Warm Springs: 17.7 mi
- Lone Butte: 9.8 mi
- Valley Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Twin Peaks: 14.4 mi
- Delcer Buttes: 16.2 mi
- West Buttes: 16.7 mi
- Sprucemont: 2.7 mi
- Currie: 20.2 mi
- Ruby City: 23.1 mi
- Tobar: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Spruce Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Taylor | SSW 193° | 2,809 m | 23.9 mi |
| Sharp Peak | SE 135° | 2,553 m | 19.9 mi |
| Bald Peak | SE 139° | 2,476 m | 22.4 mi |
| Rocky Point | SSW 198° | 2,475 m | 19.7 mi |
| Twin Peaks | ENE 65° | 2,356 m | 14.4 mi |
| West Buttes | SW 217° | 2,252 m | 16.7 mi |
| Valley Mountain | W 270° | 2,164 m | 10.3 mi |
| Lone Butte | W 275° | 2,068 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:33 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:38 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 15:33 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 38 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 67 | 58 | 47 | 35 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clover Valley, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357549644
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