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Diana's Punchbowl

Diana's Punchbowl, seen from above at true elevation

Diana's Punchbowl is a spring in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 2,065 m. Mount Jefferson (South Summit) stands 3,637 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Devil's Cauldron, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. The Loneliest Road in America passes 27 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates39.03024, -116.66650

56 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 27
  • Pott's Ranch Hot Spring: 3.7 mi
  • White Sage Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Stargo Spring: 11.0 mi
  • East Dobbin Summit Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Morgan Spring: 12.4 mi
Peaks: 26
  • Diana Peak: 5.0 mi
  • Tor Peak: 5.1 mi
  • Masket Peak: 6.3 mi
  • White Rock Mountain: 7.3 mi
  • West Knob: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Devil's Cauldron: 0.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Diana's Punchbowl. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Jefferson (South Summit)SW 216°3,637 m23.8 mi
North Summit Mount JeffersonSW 221°3,601 m21.5 mi
Middle Summit Mount JeffersonSW 219°3,562 m23.2 mi
Masket PeakW 273°3,200 m6.3 mi
Wildcat PeakW 263°3,186 m9.0 mi
Tulle MountainSSE 150°3,157 m15.0 mi
West KnobW 273°3,125 m7.4 mi
White Rock MountainWNW 291°3,091 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2418:59
June solstice05:2219:3720:17
September equinox06:3518:1018:45
December solstice07:0315:4616:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283037425059666557473628
Precip in0.60.70.80.81.00.60.91.01.40.60.40.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snowball RCH, 25 mi away.

  • pincushion pepperwort7 obs
  • Desert Paintbrush3 obs
  • Mat Prickly Phlox3 obs
  • Monitor Tryonia2 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1 obs
  • apricot globemallow1 obs
  • great mullein1 obs
  • thick-stem wild cabbage1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/6103013270

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