Yellow Rock
Yellow Rock rises to 2,077 m in Nevada. Porter Peak stands 2,791 m to the south-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Ottawanah, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
mountain in Nevada, United States of America
Wikidata Q49091306, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2077 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ottawanah: 1.4 mi
- Prentice Hill: 2.0 mi
- Reservation Hill: 3.5 mi
- Gondem Bah: 3.5 mi
- Quarry Hill: 4.1 mi
- Moonshine Spring: 4.8 mi
- Bruneau Spring: 5.3 mi
- Willis Meadow: 5.5 mi
- Willis Meadow: 5.6 mi
- Iron Spring: 6.8 mi
- Rio Tinto: 7.6 mi
- Patsville: 8.2 mi
- White Rock: 13.6 mi
- Fairlawn: 15.4 mi
- Rowland: 19.0 mi
- Blizzard Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Red Bluff: 22.8 mi
- Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Yellow Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Peak | SSW 197° | 2,791 m | 16.4 mi |
| Pennsylvania Hill | S 187° | 2,751 m | 11.8 mi |
| Merritt Mountain | ESE 104° | 2,672 m | 10.9 mi |
| Red Mountain | S 171° | 2,650 m | 19.9 mi |
| Blue Jacket Peak | SSW 197° | 2,573 m | 14.6 mi |
| Tennessee Mountain | ESE 112° | 2,535 m | 20.9 mi |
| Hicks Mountain | E 80° | 2,491 m | 11.7 mi |
| Fly Head | SSW 201° | 2,432 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:41 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 22 | 31 | 38 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 61 | 52 | 41 | 30 | 20 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wild Horse Rsvr, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 845752 — Yellow Rock, Elko County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357551755
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