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Mount Charleston, including Charleston Peak (Nuvagantu, literally "where snow sits", in Southern Paiute [5] or Nüpakatütün in Shoshoni [6]) at 11,916 feet (3,632 m), [7] is the highest mountain in both the Spring Mountains and Clark County, in Nevada, United States. It is the eighth-highest mountain in the state. [8]
View from the summit of Black Top Mountain. Black Mountain is a landmark mountain south of the Las Vegas Valley. It is one of the more prominent of the mountains in the McCullough Range. Another mountain, adjacent to Interstate 11 in Henderson, is commonly called Black Mountain, including by the city of Henderson. It is actually an unnamed peak.
The Spring Mountains divide the Pahrump Valley and Amargosa River basins from the Las Vegas Valley watershed, which drains into the Colorado River watershed, by way of Las Vegas Wash into Lake Mead, thus the mountains define part of the boundary of the Great Basin.
A strange monolith found jutting out of the rocks in a remote mountain range near Las Vegas has been taken down by authorities. “It remains unknown how the item got to its location or who might ...
The Sisters is part of the Spring Mountains which are a subrange of the Great Basin Ranges.The mountain is located 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Las Vegas in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area and on the boundary of the Mount Charleston Wilderness, on land managed by the Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest. [2]
The northwest, and north of the mountains can be accessed by the paved route, North Shore Road, from Nevada State Route 564, Henderson, Nevada, about 30-mi to the south-southwest. (northeast view)-Three sections-(2-black) of the Black Mountains on the north lake perimeter. The range to the north is the Muddy Mountains, trending north-northeast.
With its strip clubs and slot machines, Las Vegas is one of the indoors-iest places on Earth. But just outside the city, elite outdoor athletes are buying homes, starting families and declaring ...
Potosi Mountain serves as a major FM broadcast transmitter site for Las Vegas, with 7 full power FM stations transmitting from the top of Potosi, along with 1 FM Translator. [9] The stations are KNPR 88.9, KCNV 89.7, KOMP 92.3, KYMT 93.1, and KXPT 97.1 all licensed to Las Vegas, KVPH 104.3 licensed to North Las Vegas , and KXTE 107.5, licensed ...