| Eldorado Mountains | |
|---|---|
| El Dorado Mountains | |
.jpg) (view of east flank, north) From the Colorado River, downstream from Willow Beach, Lake Mohave. Nevada is at right, and the prominence, forward. Arizona's (Black Mountains (Arizona) is on left bank. The view is downstream & slightly west-southwestwards. | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Ireteba Peak[1], Eldorado Mountains |
| Elevation | 5,060 ft (1,540 m) |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| District | Clark County |
| Range coordinates | 35°48′26.944″N 114°46′57.927″W / 35.80748444°N 114.78275750°W |
| Topo map | USGS Boulder City SE |
The Eldorado Mountains, also called the El Dorado Mountains, are a north-south trending mountain range in southeast Nevada bordering west of the south-flowing Colorado River; the endorheic Eldorado Valley borders the range to the west, and the range is also on the western border of the Colorado River's Black Canyon of the Colorado, and El Dorado Canyon on the river. The range is 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada; and the Eldorado Mountains connect with the Highland and Newberry mountains.[3]
The name El Dorado is taken from the name of a legendary gold mine, and the ghost town-mining location of Nelson in Nelson Canyon, transects the central portion of the range. The Nelson Overlook is a viewing point over the Colorado River's El Dorado Canyon.
- ^ Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, c. 2010, p. 72.
- ^ "Eldorado Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ Tracy, C. Richard; Hagerty, Bridgette E (6 April 2010). "Defining population structure for the Mojave desert tortoise". Conservation Genetics. 11 (5): 1803. doi:10.1007/s10592-010-0073-0. S2CID 23596038.
Searchlight Pass, a connection point for the Eldorado, Newberry, and Highland mountain ranges.