Mount Grant (Nevada)

Mount Grant
Mount Grant, with Walker Lake in the foreground
Highest point
Elevation11,285 ft (3,440 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence3,920 ft (1,195 m)[1]
ListingNevada County High Points 7th[2]
Coordinates38°34′06″N 118°47′28″W / 38.568409°N 118.791119°W / 38.568409; -118.791119[1]
Geography
Mount Grant is located in Nevada
Mount Grant
Mount Grant
LocationMineral County, Nevada, U.S.
Parent rangeWassuk Range
Topo mapUSGS MOUNT GRANT

Mount 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.[3] The peak is located within the Hawthorne Army Depot, resulting in very limited public access.[4]

Mount Grant was named after Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), general of the Union during the American Civil War and afterward 18th President of the United States.[5]

Mount Grant (Northern Paiute: Kurangwa), plays a major role in the creation story of the groups of Northern Paiute people whose ancestors periodically lived near the mountain during their seasonal migrations. Kurangwa is a sacred being to them and is responsible for the creation of the Walker Lake (Agai Pah).[6]

  1. ^ a b c "Mount Grant". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  2. ^ "Nevada County High Points". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  3. ^ "Nevada Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
  4. ^ "Mount Grant". SummitPost.org.
  5. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 52.
  6. ^ Ginny Bengston (2002). "Northern Paiute and Western Shoshone Land Use in Northern Nevada: A Class I Ethnographic/Ethnohistoric Overview". SWCA Environmental Consultants. pp. 90-91. Retrieved 2022-12-31. https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/Library_Nevada_CulturalResourceSeries12.pdf