The Mound
The Mound rises to 1,753 m in Nevada. Hole in the Mountain Peak stands 3,440 m to the west-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Signal Hill, a peak 4.2 miles away. Angel Lake Road passes 7.3 miles off. 47 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082701, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,753 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Angel Lake Road
- 28.0 mi off the Lamoille Canyon Road
47 named places within 25 miles
- Signal Hill: 4.2 mi
- Humboldt Peak: 6.9 mi
- Hole in the Mountain Peak: 6.9 mi
- Chimney Rock: 7.9 mi
- Tent Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Agee Spring: 9.2 mi
- Greek Spring: 9.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 10.0 mi
- Woolverton Spring: 10.2 mi
- Three Spring: 11.5 mi
- Clover Creek Guard Station: 10.9 mi
- Humboldt Wells: 13.0 mi
- Hole in the Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Wells City Park: 12.2 mi
- Trail of the 49ers Interpretive Center: 12.6 mi
- Large microwave antennas.: 12.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Mound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hole in the Mountain Peak | WNW 282° | 3,440 m | 6.9 mi |
| Humboldt Peak | WSW 254° | 3,349 m | 6.9 mi |
| Greys Peak | NW 318° | 3,244 m | 8.7 mi |
| Old Man of the Mountain | SW 228° | 3,216 m | 22.1 mi |
| John Day | SW 231° | 3,157 m | 19.9 mi |
| Soldier Peak | SW 234° | 3,072 m | 18.2 mi |
| Tent Mountain | WNW 282° | 3,040 m | 8.4 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NW 318° | 2,982 m | 7.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:35 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 15:32 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357549962
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