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Mount Charleston. 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]
0859202. Website. Mount Charleston Town Advisory Board. Mount Charleston is an unincorporated town [2] and census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 357 at the 2010 census. [3] The town of Mount Charleston is named for nearby Mount Charleston whose Charleston Peak at 11,916 feet (3,632 m) is the highest ...
6,076 ft (1,852 m) Time zone. UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT) Charleston is a ghost town in Elko County, Nevada, United States. [1][2] It lies along the Bruneau River just south of the Mountain City and Jarbidge Ranger Districts of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and is near the southwest edge of the Jarbidge Wilderness.
Website. Spring Mountains National Recreation Area. The Spring Mountains National Recreation Area (SMNRA) is a U.S. national recreation area, administered by the U.S. Forest Service, west of Las Vegas, Nevada. It covers over 316,000 acres (494 sq mi; 1,280 km 2). The area runs from low meadows (around 3,000 feet or 910 meters above sea level ...
Most prominent summits. Of the most prominent summits of Nevada, Charleston Peak and Wheeler Peak exceed 2000 meters (6562 feet) of topographic prominence, eight peaks are ultra-prominent summits with more than 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence, and the following 52 peaks exceed 1400 meters (4593 feet).
The Spring Mountains are a sky island ecosystem. With an area around 860 square miles (2,200 km 2), and a vertical range of nearly 2 miles (3.2 km), the mountains encompass a wide variety of habitats, and the biological diversity is probably greater than anywhere else in Nevada; 37 species of trees are known (more than any other Nevadan range ...
Mummy Mountain (Nevada) / 36.2994073°N 115.6486288°W / 36.2994073; -115.6486288. Mummy Mountain is the second highest peak of the Spring Mountains in Clark County, Nevada, United States. It is the twentieth highest mountain in the state. [ 3] The mountain is located within the Mount Charleston Wilderness and the Humboldt-Toiyabe ...
The Mount Charleston Wilderness Area is located west of Las Vegas in the southern part of the state of Nevada in the western United States.It was created by the U.S. Congress in 1989 under the provisions allowed by the Wilderness Act of 1964, and is managed by both the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service.