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. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49091306, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,077 m
How to reach it
84 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
- Iron Spring: 6.8 mi
- Chicken 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 25 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 |
| Rocky Bluff | S 170° | 2,693 m | 21.6 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 |
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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