Park Range (Nevada)

Park Range
Park Range is located in Nevada
Park Range
Park Range
location of Park Range in Nevada[1]
Highest point
PeakUnnamed peak[2]
Elevation2,783 m (9,131 ft)
Coordinates38°51′38″N 116°11′14″W / 38.86056°N 116.18722°W / 38.86056; -116.18722
Dimensions
Length10.7 mi (17.2 km) NNE - SSW
Width7.2 mi (11.6 km) WNW - ESE
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
DistrictNye County
Range coordinates38°53′27.757″N 116°9′28.202″W / 38.89104361°N 116.15783389°W / 38.89104361; -116.15783389
Topo mapUSGS Park Mountain

The Park Range is a mountain range in northeast Nye County, Nevada about 40 miles south of Eureka. The Antelope Range lies to the northwest and the Little Smoky Valley lies to the northeast. The Big Sand Springs Valley and the Pancake Range are to the east. The Hot Creek Range is to the southwest.[2][3]

Peaks include an unnamed peak in the south end of the range at 9,131 ft (2,783 m) and Park Mountain in the north end of the range at 9,058 ft (2,761 m).[2] Andesite Ridge (peak elevation 8,045 ft (2,452 m)) runs adjacent and parallel to the southeast side of the range, separated from the range by Prichards Canyon.[2] Historic Summit Station, Prichards Station and Hicks Station were on the roads east, south and west of the range respectively.[3]

  1. ^ "Park Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ a b c d Mount Jefferson, Nevada, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978
  3. ^ a b Nevada Atlas and Gazetteer, DeLorme, 8th ed. 2012, pp. 47 and 55 ISBN 978-0-89933-334-2