Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes rises to 1,892 m in Nevada. Hole in the Mountain Peak stands 3,440 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is hot spring, a hot spring 1.9 miles away. Angel Lake Road passes 17 miles off. 45 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Elko County, Nevada, United States of America
Wikidata Q49085904, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1892 m
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the Angel Lake Road
45 named places within 25 miles
- Skinners Point: 2.3 mi
- Peko Peak: 10.7 mi
- Morgan Hill: 11.2 mi
- Black Butte: 14.9 mi
- Stag Mountain: 15.5 mi
- McKnight Springs: 12.7 mi
- Beaver Spring: 18.0 mi
- Green Spring: 21.1 mi
- Three Spring: 22.6 mi
- Double Mountain Spring: 23.8 mi
- Tulasco: 10.9 mi
- Metropolis: 12.4 mi
- Alazon: 15.0 mi
- Afton: 20.2 mi
- hot spring: 1.9 mi
- hot spring: 2.2 mi
- hot spring: 3.1 mi
- Clover Creek Guard Station: 15.1 mi
- Humboldt Wells: 17.9 mi
- Wells City Park: 18.5 mi
- Humboldt Park: 22.9 mi
- Large microwave antennas.: 13.5 mi
- Trail of the 49ers Interpretive Center: 18.7 mi
- Hole in the Mountain: 20.8 mi
- Lost Wallet Rim: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Twin Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hole in the Mountain Peak | SSE 154° | 3,440 m | 20.6 mi |
| Humboldt Peak | SSE 157° | 3,349 m | 23.8 mi |
| Greys Peak | SE 144° | 3,244 m | 16.7 mi |
| Tent Mountain | SSE 158° | 3,040 m | 19.8 mi |
| Chimney Rock | SE 144° | 2,982 m | 17.5 mi |
| Antelope Peak | ENE 66° | 2,675 m | 17.9 mi |
| Loomis Mountain | NE 46° | 2,659 m | 21.8 mi |
| Stormy Peak | NNE 27° | 2,626 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:37 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:04 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 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 | 23 | 27 | 37 | 43 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 64 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deeth, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357550157
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