Winnemucca Mountain
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Winnemucca Mountain rises to 2,053 m in Nevada. Sonoma Peak stands 2,864 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is The W, a historic site 0.8 miles away. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.
The story
Winnemucca Mountain is a mountain near the small city of Winnemucca in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. It is considered to be the southernmost named summit of the Santa Rosa Range. A paved road ascends to radio facilities on the summit. On June 15, 2025, a human-caused wildfire burned on Winnemucca Mountain, which burned 2,321 acres (939 ha) and affected one structure.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q14705314, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,053 m
How to reach it
69 named places within 25 miles
- Black Butte: 3.0 mi
- Spoon Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Giants Grave: 7.3 mi
- Little Tabletop Mountain: 8.4 mi
- Bloody Run Peak: 11.3 mi
- Barrett Springs: 7.9 mi
- Railroad Spring: 8.3 mi
- Ridge Top Spring: 16.2 mi
- Circle Bar No. 2 Spring: 17.2 mi
- Circle Bar No. 1 Spring: 17.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 2.0 mi
- Fish Pond Park: 2.7 mi
- Riverview Park: 2.7 mi
- Nixon Park: 3.0 mi
- Courthouse Park: 3.2 mi
- The W: 0.8 mi
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois: 2.0 mi
- F-86 Sabre: 2.0 mi
- M3 Stuart: 2.0 mi
- Pioneer Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Willow Point: 19.1 mi
- Daveytown: 21.0 mi
- Humboldt Museum: 2.5 mi
- Button Point: 9.7 mi
- Button Point Rest Area: 10.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Winnemucca Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonoma Peak | SE 140° | 2,864 m | 13.3 mi |
| Bloody Run Peak | N 1° | 2,392 m | 11.3 mi |
| Dun Glen Peak | SSW 204° | 2,255 m | 15.7 mi |
| Auld Lang Syne Peak | SSW 198° | 2,248 m | 19.2 mi |
| Blue Mountain | W 265° | 2,241 m | 16.5 mi |
| Organ Peak | S 190° | 2,221 m | 25.0 mi |
| Rockhill Mountain | S 190° | 2,188 m | 23.5 mi |
| Rose Creek Mountain | SSW 203° | 2,002 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:20 | 19:46 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 15:43 | 16:27 |
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 | 31 | 35 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 72 | 62 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winnemucca 3ssw, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357551922
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