Nevada Mountains
Before I moved west I didn’t know much about Las Vegas or Nevada and I was disappointed that I was leaving “mountain country” to move to the desert.
Much to my surprise, I learned that Nevada is home to over 300 mountain ranges scattered throughout our amazing state with 172 mountain summits.
Nevada ranks second in the United States by the number of mountains, behind Alaska, and ahead of California, Montana, and Washington, which means Nevada is the most mountainous state in the contiguous United States.
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Below are the mountain ranges grouped by county. Please note that you may find the same range listed in more than one county and some of these ranges we share with other states.
We will be developing articles on each mountain range and the activities to do in the surrounding area to help you plan your next adventure.
Below are some of the top “mountains to mention” that are the highest in the state, some of our favorites, and others that are on our bucket list to visit.
Did we miss one of your favorite mountains? Drop a comment below to share with others.
Mountains in Carson City, Nevada
Snow Valley Peak
Snow Valley Peak is a mountain located in the Carson Range of the Sierra Nevada and with the elevation of 9,214′ it makes it Carson City’s highest point.
The sources of three creeks begin on Snow Valley Peak: North Canyon Creek on the western flank, Clear Creek on the southern, and Ash Canyon Creek on the eastern.
Mountains in Churchill County, Nevada
Desatoya Peak
Desatoya Peak is the tallest mountain in both the Desatoya Mountains and Churchill County, in Nevada, United States.
Since Desatoya peak is on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management, there are no access restrictions.
Churchill County, Nevada is home to 24 mountain ranges.
Augusta Mountains
Barnett Hills
Blow Sand Mountains
Broken Hills
Bunejug Mountains
Clan Alpine Mountains
Cocoon Mountains
Dead Camel Mountains
Desatoya Mountains
Desert Mountains
East Gate Range
Fairview Range
Lahontan Mountains
Louderback Mountains
New Pass Range
Pintwater Range
Sahwave Mountains
Sand Springs Range
Stillwater Range
Terril Mountains
Truckee Range
West Gate Range
West Humboldt Range
White Throne Mountains
Mountains in Clark County, Nevada
Mount Charleston
Jefftopham at English Wikipedia / Public domain
This mountain is located in my of my favorite areas of Nevada.
Mount Charleston is home to Charleston Peak, which comes in at 11,916′ in elevation and is the highest mountain in both the Spring Mountains and Clark County.
This area has hiking, camping, picnic areas, snowskiing, and more! Click here to read more about Mount Charleston.
29 mountain ranges are located in Clark County, Nevada.
Arrow Canyon Range
Bird Spring Range
Black Mountains
Castle Mountains
Dead Mountains
Desert Range
Dry Lake Range
Elbow Range
Eldorado Mountains
Frenchman Range
Gale Hills
Highland Mountains
Highland Range
Hiller Mountains
Las Vegas Range
Lucy Gray Mountains
McCullough Range
Muddy Mountains
New York Mountains
Newberry Mountains
North Muddy Mountains
Piute Range
Ranger Mountains
River Mountains
Sheep Range
South Virgin Mountains
Spotted Range
Spring Mountains
Virgin Mountains
Mountains in Douglas County, Nevada
East Peak
East Peak is a mountain in the Carson Range of western Nevada and at 9,595′, East Peak is the highest point in Douglas County.
Buckskin Range
Carson Range
Pine Nut Mountains
Mountains in Elko County, Nevada
Ruby Dome
G. Thomas at English Wikipedia / Public domain
Ruby Dome has an elevation of 11,388 feet and is the highest mountain in the Ruby Mountains and Elko County with it being the highest mountain in the area for over 90 miles.
It is the 27th highest mountain in the state and also ranks as the 13th most topographically prominent peak in the state.
Adobe Range
Antelope Range (White Pine County, Nevada)
Bone Mountains
Bruneau Range
Buck Creek Mountains
Bull Run Mountains (Nevada)
Cherry Creek Range
Copper Mountains (Nevada)
Delano Mountains
Dixie Hills, Nevada
Dolly Varden Mountains
East Humboldt Range
Elk Mountains (Nevada)
Elko Hills
Fox Creek Range
Goose Creek Mountains
Goshute Mountains
Granite Range (Elko County)
H D Range
Ichabod Range
Independence Mountains
Jarbidge Mountains
Kinsley Mountains
Leach Range
Leppy Hills
Mallard Hills
Marys River Range
Medicine Range
Peko Hills
Pequop Mountains
Pilot Range
Pinon Range
Ruby Mountains
Salmon River Range
Santa Renia Mountains
Snake Mountains
Snowstorm Mountains
Toana John Mountains
Toano Range
Tuscarora Mountains
Wild Horse Range
Windermere Hills
Wood Hills
Mountains in Esmeralda County, Nevada
Boundary Peak
Johndheathcote at English Wikipedia / Public domain
Boundary Peak is a mountain in Esmeralda County, Nevada, United States. With a peak elevation of 13,147 feet (4,007 m), it is the highest natural point in the state of Nevada.
Cedar Mountains
Cucomungo Mountains
Cuprite Hills
General Thomas Hills
Gold Mountain Range
Goldfield Hills
Grapevine Mountains
Monte Cristo Range
Montezuma Range
Palmetto Mountains
Paymaster Ridge
Silver Peak Range
Slate Ridge
Sylvania Mountains
Volcanic Hills
Weepah Hills
White Mountains
Mountains in Eureka County, Nevada
Diamond Peak
Not to be confused with Diamond Peak (ski area) near Lake Tahoe, Diamon Peak is 10,631′ and is both the highest and most topographically prominent mountain in both the Diamond Mountains and Eureka County, in Nevada.
It is on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and thus has no access restrictions.
Antelope Range
Cortez Mountains
Diamond Mountains
Dry Hills
Fish Creek Range
Mahogany Hills
Monitor Range
Mountain Boy Range
Roberts Mountains
Shoshone Range
Simpson Park Mountains
Sulphur Spring Range
Whistler Range
Mountains in Humboldt County, Nevada
Granite Peak
Famartin / CC BY-SA | View south-southwest and down from Granite Peak in Humboldt County, Nevada
Located within the Santa Rosa Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest with the elevation of 9,736′, Granite Peak is the highest mountain in both the Santa Rosa Range and Humboldt County and is the highest mountain for over 80 miles in all directions.
Ararat Hills
Battle Mountains
Bilk Creek Mountains
Black Rock Range
Bloody Run Hills
Calico Hills, Humboldt County
Division Range
Double H Mountains
High Rock Canyon Hills
Hot Springs Range
Idaho Canyon Range
Jackson Mountains
Kamma Mountains
King Lear Peak
Martin Creek Mountains
Montana Mountains
Osgood Mountains
Pine Forest Range
Pueblo Mountains
Sage Hen Hills
Santa Rosa Range
Sentinel Hills
Slumbering Hills
Sonoma Range
Trout Creek Mountains
Mountains in Lander County, Nevada
Bunker Hill
Bunker Hill is the highest mountain in Lander County, within the Toiyabe Range of central Nevada, United States.[2] It is the twenty-second highest mountain in the state.[4] The peak is located within the Austin Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, about 17 miles south of the small town of Austin and just northwest of the small town of Kingston.
Augusta Mountains
Battle Mountains, Nevada
Fish Creek Mountains
New Pass Range
Sheep Creek Range
Shoshone Range
Simpson Park Mountains
Toiyabe Range
Mountains in Lincoln County, Nevada
Mount Grafton
Mount Grafton is the high point of the southern section of the Schell Creek Range in southern White Pine County, in eastern Nevada in the western United States.
The summit is located 39 miles south of the community of Ely.
The south ridge crosses into Lincoln County, making it that county’s highest point at 10,640′.
Black Canyon Range
Bristol Range
Buried Hills
Burnt Springs Range
Cedar Range
Chief Range
Clover Mountains
Delamar Mountains
Desert Hills
East Desert Range
East Mormon Mountains
East Pahranagat Range
Ely Range
Ely Springs Range
Fairview Range
Fortification Range
Golden Gate Range
Groom Range
Highland Range
Hiko Range
Jumbled Hills
Limestone Hills
Mahogany Mountains
Meadow Valley Mountains
Mormon Mountains
Mount Irish Range
North Pahroc Range
Pahranagat Range
Papoose Range
Pintwater Range
Pioche Hills
Quinn Canyon Range
Seaman Range
Sheep Range
South Pahroc Range
Tikaboo Range
Timpahute Range
Tule Springs Hills
West Range
White Rock Mountains
Wilson Creek Range
Worthington Mountains
Mountains in Lyon County, Nevada
Middle Sister
Middle Sister is a mountain in the Sweetwater Mountains of Mono County, California, United States.
It is located within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
The northeast ridge crosses into Lyon County in Nevada, making that location the Lyon County’s highest point at about 10,565 feet.
Cambridge Hills
Desert Creek Mountains
Desert Mountains
Fernley Hills
Gray Hills
Pine Grove Hills
Pine Nut Mountains
Singatse Range
Sweetwater Mountains
Terril Mountains
Virginia Range
Mountains in Mineral County, Nevada
Mount Grant
Mount Grant, named Ulysses S. Grant, is both the highest and most topographically prominent mountain in both the Wassuk Range and Mineral County in Nevada, United States. It ranks thirteenth among the most topographically prominent peaks in the state.
Since the peak is located within the Hawthorne Army Depot, public access is very limited.
Anchorite Hills
Bodie Mountains
Candelaria Hills
Cedar Mountains
Excelsior Mountains
Gabbs Valley Range
Garfield Hills
Gillis Range
Huntoon Mountains
Pilot Mountains
Rawhide Hills
Sinkavata Hills
Terril Mountains
Wassuk Range
White Mountains
Mountains in Nye County, Nevada
Mount Jefferson
Mount Jefferson has an elevation of 11,949 feet and is the tallest mountain in the Toquima Range and all of Nye County.
Mount Jefferson is the highest mountain in both the Toquima Range and Nye County in Nevada, United States.
It is the sixth highest mountain in the state.
Amargosa Range
Antelope Range
Bare Mountain Range
Belted Range
Bullfrog Hills
Cactus Range
Cedar Mountains
Devils Hole Hills
Eleana Range
Gap Mountains
Grant Range
Grapevine Mountains
Halfpint Range
Horse Range
Hot Creek Range
Johnnie Range
Kawich Range
Last Chance Range
Lodi Hills
Monitor Hills
Monitor Range
Monte Cristo Mountains
Needle Range
Pancake Range
Paradise Range
Park Range
Quinn Canyon Range
Reveille Range
Royston Hills
San Antonio Mountains
Seaman Range
Shoshone Mountain
Shoshone Mountains
Specter Range
Toiyabe Range
Toquima Range
Wellington Hills
Mountains in Pershing County, Nevada
Star Peak
Coming in at 9,840′, Star Peak is both the highest and most topographically prominent mountain in both the Humboldt Range and Pershing County in Nevada, United States. It is the sixth-most topographically prominent peak in Nevada.
The peak is on public land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and has no access restrictions.
Antelope Range
Augusta Mountains
Blue Wing Mountains
Calico Hills
East Range
Eugene Mountains
Hannan Range
Humboldt Range
Kamma Mountains
Majuba Mountains
Nightingale Mountains
Poker Brown Mountains
Selenite Range
Seven Troughs Range
Sheephead Mountains
Sonoma Range
Stillwater Range
Tobin Range
Trinity Range
West Humboldt Range
Mountains in Storey County, Nevada
Mount Davidson
Mount Davidson is both the highest and most topographically prominent mountain in both Storey County, Nevada and the Virginia Range at 7,868′.
The mountain forms a backdrop for the mining boomtown of Virginia City which was built above the Comstock Lode silver strike.
Flowery Range
Virginia Range
Mountains in Washoe County, Nevada
Mount Rose
Part of the Carson Range, at 10,785′ in elevation Mt. Rose is an extinct volcano that is located between Lake Tahoe and Reno and is the highest mountain in Washoe County, Nevada.
It ranks 37th among the most topographically prominent peaks in the state. It is also both the highest and most topographically prominent peak of the greater Sierra Nevada range within the state of Nevada, and the third most topographically prominent peak in the Sierra Nevada overall.
Badger Mountains
Buffalo Hills
Carson Range
Curnow Range
Diabase Hills
Fort Sage Mountains
Fox Range
French Mountains
Granite Range
Hays Canyon Range
Hog Ranch Mountains
Home Camp Range
Junction House Range
Lake Range
Little High Rock Mountains
Lost Creek Hills
Massacre Range
Mosquito Mountain
Nightingale Mountains
Pah Rah Range
Painted Point Range
Petersen Mountain
Pinto Peak Range
Sand Hills
Sand Range
Smoke Creek Mountains
Terraced Hills
Truckee Range
Virginia Mountains
Yellow Hills
Mountains in White Pine County, Nevada
Wheeler Peak
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Located in the Snake Range, Wheeler Peak is located within the Great Basin National Park and has an elevation of 13,065′, which makes it the second-highest peak in Nevada, just behind Boundary Peak.
Antelope Range
Butte Mountains
Cherry Creek Range
Diamond Mountains
Duck Creek Range
Egan Range
Kern Mountains
Maverick Springs Range
Ruby Mountains
Schell Creek Range
Snake Range
South Mountains
White Pine Range
White River Range
Resources Used:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_points_in_Nevada_by_county
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