Tikaboo Peak
Tikaboo Peak rises to 2,412 m in Nevada. Bald Mountain stands 2,819 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Noname Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. Extraterrestrial Highway passes 5.2 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
The story
Tikaboo Peak is the unofficial name for a mountain in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States 26 miles (42 km) to the east of Area 51. It was the closest publicly accessible vantage point with a view of the area until a temporary closure took effect in March 2026.
Tikaboo Peak was used because the government closed two closer vantage points to Area 51 — Freedom Ridge and White Sides — to public access in 1995, due to the number of people photographing or filming the base from these sites.
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Wikidata Q1637301, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2412 m
How to reach it
- 5.2 mi off the Extraterrestrial Highway
- 14.9 mi off the Highway 93
Overlooks nearby
- Red Flag view spot · 23 mi
58 named places within 25 miles
- Noname Peak: 1.6 mi
- Badger Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Campfire Hill: 13.6 mi
- Table Top Mountain: 14.7 mi
- White Sides Mt.: 14.9 mi
- Grove Spring: 12.0 mi
- Ash Springs: 12.3 mi
- Brownie Spring: 12.5 mi
- Crystal Springs: 14.6 mi
- Crystal Springs: 14.7 mi
- The Black Mailbox: 10.3 mi
- F-15C Crash Site (2011): 10.4 mi
- Crystal Wash II: 17.7 mi
- Echo Rock Petroglyphs, Mount Irish Archeological District: 18.0 mi
- Crystal Wash I: 18.0 mi
- RDP VOL: 6.6 mi
- Area 51 Green Pointer: 8.3 mi
- Crystal Springs: 14.7 mi
- Logan: 18.4 mi
- Key Pittman Wildlife Management Area: 15.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tikaboo Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | WNW 290° | 2,819 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mount Irish | N 354° | 2,629 m | 20.9 mi |
| Sanderson Mountain | N 355° | 2,625 m | 21.5 mi |
| Badger Mountain | ENE 74° | 2,428 m | 1.9 mi |
| Hyko | ENE 62° | 2,423 m | 20.4 mi |
| Monte Mountain | NNW 338° | 2,417 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Wandell | W 276° | 2,397 m | 20.5 mi |
| Tempiute Mountain | NW 322° | 2,361 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:19 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 19:27 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:06 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:53 | 15:47 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 52 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 73 | 61 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pahranagat WR, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/898091727
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- Rachel · 30 mi
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