Virginia Peak
Virginia Peak rises to 2,514 m in Nevada. Tule Peak stands 2,654 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pah Rah Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away. Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway passes 5.7 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Virginia Peak is the highest mountain in the Pah Rah Range of Washoe County in Nevada, United States. It is the most topographically prominent peak in Washoe County and ranks thirty-sixth among the most topographically prominent peaks in Nevada. The peak is on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and thus has no access restrictions. A National Weather Service NEXRAD doppler weather radar station is located on the summit.
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Wikidata Q22060860, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,514 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Pyramid Lake Scenic Byway, National
- 28.7 mi off the Mount Rose Highway
Named places within 25 miles
- Tumbleweed Trails Park: 14.3 mi
- Jack Reviglio Memorial Park: 14.4 mi
- Del Cobre Park: 14.7 mi
- Jacinto Park: 14.9 mi
- Bitterbrush Park: 15.0 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 16.3 mi
- Punjab VIII: 24.0 mi
- Ginnetoy 2nd: 24.0 mi
- Offset Forms 08: 24.0 mi
- Nena Miller Statue: 24.0 mi
- Pah Rah Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Sugar Loaf: 5.6 mi
- Moses Rock: 6.1 mi
- White Hill: 6.4 mi
- Green Hill: 6.4 mi
- Lost Spring: 2.8 mi
- Chimney Spring: 3.6 mi
- Willow Spring: 14.2 mi
- Warm Springs: 15.0 mi
- Freeman Spring: 17.6 mi
- Dandini Research Garden: 22.0 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 23.0 mi
- Wellness Garden: 23.7 mi
- Valley Road Research Garden: 23.8 mi
- Physics Planter: 24.0 mi
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Museum and Visitors Center: 6.8 mi
- Fernley and Lassen Railway Depot: 15.8 mi
- Sparks Heritage Museum: 21.8 mi
- Reno Sparks Cultural Resource Program: 23.4 mi
- Museum of Natural History: 24.0 mi
- F. Donald Tibbetts Memorial Plaza: 24.0 mi
- Frank Zenklusen Memorial: 24.1 mi
- Distinguised Nevadans Memorial: 24.1 mi
- Sergeant George D. Sullivan Memorial: 24.2 mi
- The Basque Sheepherder Monument: 24.2 mi
- Historic Glendale School House: 21.9 mi
- Tony Armstrong Amphitheater: 21.9 mi
- Old Reno Arch: 24.5 mi
- Reno Arch: 24.5 mi
- Marble Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Giants Throne: 15.8 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 16.1 mi
- Pyramid City: 11.2 mi
- Leete: 21.5 mi
- Fernley Wildlife Management Area: 19.2 mi
- Rancho San Rafael: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Virginia Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tule Peak | NW 315° | 2,654 m | 21.4 mi |
| Pah Rah Mountain | NNW 345° | 2,507 m | 2.7 mi |
| Pond Peak | S 181° | 2,448 m | 7.2 mi |
| Dogskin Mountain | WNW 301° | 2,257 m | 21.4 mi |
| Spanish Springs Peak | SW 220° | 2,230 m | 9.6 mi |
| Clark Mountain | SSW 196° | 2,194 m | 18.1 mi |
| Freds Mountain | W 274° | 2,192 m | 20.9 mi |
| Moses Rock | NW 318° | 2,185 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:54 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 38 | 45 | 51 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 74 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 33 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wadsworth 4 N, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357555081
Day trips start here
- Fernley · 17 mi
- Reno · 25 mi
- Silver Springs · 27 mi
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