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This is a list of highest points in the U.S. state of Nevada, in alphabetical order by county. All elevations use the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), the currently accepted vertical control datum for United States, Canada and Mexico. Elevations are from the National Geodetic Survey when available.
Marina Park in Spring Creek, Nevada The community was developed in the 1970s by C. V. Wood , president of McCulloch Oil, as three large housing sections. [ 5 ] The western section, at the base of the Elko Hills, is located near the post office (zip 89815), a shopping center, and a supermarket.
Boundary Peak is the highest summit in the U.S. State of Nevada. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [Notes 1] of the U.S. State of Nevada. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.
Cold Creek is an unincorporated community in Clark County, Nevada, United States located within the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area and approximately 28 miles by road from the Las Vegas city limits. [1] Cold Creek is named for the stream that flows through the community.
Mount Wilson is a mountain located in the Spring Mountain range of southern Nevada. It is located on land managed by the United States Bureau of Land Management as the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, part of the Rainbow Mountain Wilderness Area. It is the highest peak in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.
Wheeler Peak, elevation 13,065 feet (3,982 m), in Great Basin National Park. Timber Creek in the Schell Creek Range. White Pine County is a largely rural, mountain county along the central eastern boundary of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,080. [1] Its county seat is Ely. [2]
Within this section of the Schell Creek Range are Cave Lake State Park and the scenic road over Success Summit into Duck Creek Basin. The crest continues to rise, reaching South Schell Peak at 11,785 feet (3,592 m), Taft Peak at 11,734 feet (3,577 m), and North Schell Peak which, at 11,883 feet (3,622 m), is the high point of the range.
Spring Valley State Park and the Eagle Reservoir lie in the Spring Valley along the southwest margin of the range. [2] The community of Ursine is about two miles downstream from the Eagle Reservoir. The Camp Valley separates the main portions of the White Rock and Wilson Creek ranges and continues to the southeast to form the northeast ...