Sugar Loaf
Sugar Loaf rises to 2,307 m in Nevada. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Hill, a peak 2.2 miles away. Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway passes 7.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Douglas County, Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49079077, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,307 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Fort Churchill to Wellington Back Country Byway
- 15.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 22.4 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cave Rock · 26 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Hill: 2.2 mi
- Granite Peak: 2.6 mi
- Galena Summit: 2.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Galena Peak: 3.3 mi
- Pinenut Shooting Range: 7.4 mi
- Mt Siegel OHV Staging Area: 7.8 mi
- Douglas County Fairground: 8.0 mi
- Topaz Lake Park: 10.5 mi
- Blackrock Park: 10.6 mi
- Buffalo Spring: 2.6 mi
- Carters Springs: 4.4 mi
- Double Spring: 4.5 mi
- Dowd Springs: 6.4 mi
- China Spring: 6.5 mi
- Barney Riley: 8.4 mi
- Hoye Bridge: 10.5 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 13.1 mi
- Old Jail: 20.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 23.4 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 12.8 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 16.4 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 19.4 mi
- Lyon County Museum: 22.8 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 23.9 mi
- Artesia Lake State Wildlife Management Area: 11.5 mi
- River Fork Ranch Preserve: 17.8 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 18.8 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 21.0 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 24.2 mi
- Palmyra Town Site: 22.2 mi
- Palmyra Mining Camp: 22.2 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 23.9 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 24.2 mi
- M. S. Dixie II Terminal: 24.3 mi
- Hangman's Cave: 15.9 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 17.2 mi
- Distillery Wall: 24.6 mi
- Detox Wall: 24.6 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 23.0 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 23.6 mi
- Nevada Beach: 23.6 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach: 23.9 mi
- Ludwig: 16.4 mi
- Como: 22.9 mi
- Stone Cabin: 24.1 mi
- Genoa Falls: 20.3 mi
- St Theresa: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Sugar Loaf. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | W 273° | 3,305 m | 18.9 mi |
| Jobs Sister | W 274° | 3,299 m | 18.1 mi |
| Jobs Peak | W 273° | 3,233 m | 16.8 mi |
| Monument Peak | WNW 286° | 3,068 m | 19.5 mi |
| Hawkins Peak | WSW 247° | 3,052 m | 18.9 mi |
| Trimmer Peak | W 275° | 3,016 m | 20.2 mi |
| East Peak | WNW 289° | 2,899 m | 20.4 mi |
| Mount Siegel | NE 40° | 2,869 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:48 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:58 | 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 | 35 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Topaz Lake, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 848657 — Sugar Loaf, Douglas County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357552751
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