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Potosi Mountain

2,592 m8,504 ft

Prominence: 918 m3,011 ft
Isolation: 27 km
Tonight: 38°FFair · Wind 7–17 mph NNE

Potosi Mountain is a 2,592 m (8,504 ft) mountain in the Spring Mountains, Nevada, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 2,592 m · 8,504 ft
Nearest higher peak: Harris Mountain (3,053 m)
Range: Spring Mountains
Region: Nevada, United States
Protected area: Toiyabe National Forest
Coordinates: 35.9655° N, 115.5015° W

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3D map

Potosi Mountain 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Potosi Mountain terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Potosi Mountain elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Potosi Mountain weather

Tonight · Fair · 38°F (3°C) · 4% chance of precipitation · Wind 7–17 mph NNE

Potosi Mountain forecast for the summit, about 2,117 m.

Tonight38°4%7–17 mph NNE
Sat40°51°2%6–16 mph NNE
Sun41°52°–6 mph E
Mon42°53°–6 mph ESE
Tue42°54°–6 mph SW
Wed43°54°1%5 mph S
Thu42°52°6%5 mph SSE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:33 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 7.6 × 7.6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

20.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

48.7%

Steep, 30–45°

27.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.4%

Steeper than 30°: 30.5% of the 58 km² view
Relief in view: 1,215 m low point 1,378 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Shrubland 59.6%Trees 25.3%Bare rock / sparse 10.1%Grassland 4.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.8 km; 190 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Plains Pricklypear60
Kingcup Cactus52
Banana Yucca45
Utah Juniper36
Singleleaf pinyon30
Brown-spined Pricklypear25

Where it sits

Where Potosi Mountain sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Sitgreaves Pass1,093 m145 km SE

Potosi Mountain downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGPotosi Mountain satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-02.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,593 m at the summit; the official height is 2,592 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,592 m	—
USGS 3DEP lidar	2,596 m	+4 m
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	2,593 m	+1 m
Copernicus GLO-30	2,591 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,579 m	-13 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-02)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia