NV County Highpoints – by Elevation

On 09/18/98 Guy Cloutier and Andy Martin finished Nevada’s 17 county highpoints.
On 10/28/09 Jennifer and Gerry Roach finished Nevada’s 17 county highpoints on Mount Grant.
In 2013, 36 people had enjoyed visiting these 17 highpoints.
In 2013, less than 10 people had finished Nevada’s most prominent county summits.
The average elevation of Nevada’s 17 county highpoints is 10,769 feet.
The average prominence of the most prominent peak in Nevada’s 17 counties is 4,466 feet.
Nevada’s county peak power is 483.

Nevada’s County Highpoints

Nevada’s Most Prominent County Summits
Prominence explained

– Sorted by elevation of the county highpoints.
– If a county’s prom peak is different, it appears below the HP.
– To sort by Prominence, click on the Rank Prom column heading.

Rank explained Notes

Rank Elev	Elev feet	Rank Prom	Prom feet	County	Summit Name	Proximate Parent	Iso miles	Quadrangle	N Lat Deg	W Lon Deg	G	J
E1	13,143		256	Esmeralda	Boundary Pk	Montgomery Pk	0.62	Boundary Peak	37.8462	118.3513	1	1
	9,450	P9	4,083	Esmeralda	Piper Pk	PT 10,592	16.14	Piper Peak	37.7043	117.9088	1	1
E2	13,063	P2	7,568	White Pine	Wheeler Pk	Lovenia, Mt	231.76	Wheeler Peak	38.9857	114.3140	2	2
E3	11,941	P3	5,871	Nye	Jefferson, Mt-S Pk	Montgomery Pk	100.11	Mount Jefferson	38.7520	116.9267	1	1
E4	11,915	P1	8,257	Clark	Charleston Pk	Olancha Pk	135.10	Charleston Peak	36.2715	115.6956	2	2
E5	11,473		2,813	Lander	Bunker Hill	Arc Dome	31.51	Bunker Hill	39.2528	117.1261	1	1
	9,680	P8	4,290	Lander	Lewis, Mt	Tobin, Mt	35.06	Mount Lewis	40.4034	116.8616
E6	11,387		4,809	Elko	Ruby Dome	North Schell Pk	95.60	Ruby Dome	40.6217	115.4754	1	1
	10,716	P4	5,731	Elko	Pilot Pk	PT 10,745	53.81	Pilot Pk	41.0211	114.0773	1	1
E7	11,300	P11	3,960	Mineral	Grant, Mt	South Sister	28.16	Mount Grant	38.5684	118.7912	1	1
E8	10,776		3,636	Washoe	Rose, Mt	Jobs Sister	33.36	Mount Rose	39.3439	119.9180	1	1
	8,366	P12	3,658	Washoe	Virginia Pk	Tule Pk	21.41	Pah Rah Mountain	39.7555	119.4613	1	1
E9	10,660		0	Lincoln	Lincoln County HP	Grafton, Mt	1.13	Mount Grafton	38.6773	114.7341	1	1
	7,414	P10	4,034	Lincoln	Mormon Pk	PT 7,420	28.09	Moapa Peak NW	36.9741	114.5005	1	1
E10	10,614	P13	3,604	Eureka	Diamond Pk	Hamilton, Mt	28.55	Diamond Peak	39.5850	115.8186	1	1
E11	10,590		10	Lyon	Lyon County HP	Middle Sister	0.19	Desert Creek Peak	38.5095	119.2925	1	1
	9,544	P15	2,764	Lyon	Bald Mtn	East Sister	9.49	Wichman Canyon	38.5345	119.1153
E12	9,973		3,545	Churchill	Desatoya Pk	N Shoshone Pk	21.07	Desatoya Peak	39.3653	117.7590	1	1
	9,966	P7	4,386	Churchill	Augusta, Mt	Desatoya Pk	14.80	Mount Augusta	39.5398	117.9194
E13	9,836	P5	5,400	Pershing	Star Pk	Augusta, Mt	69.26	Star Peak	40.5225	118.1707	1	1
E14	9,732		4,400	Humboldt	Granite Pk	Steens Mtn	83.97	Hinkey Summit	41.6680	117.5888	1	1
	9,095	P6	4,839	Humboldt	Jackson Mtns HP	PT 9,343	29.32	Parrot Peak	41.3033	118.4161
E15	9,591		331	Douglas	East Pk	Monument Pk	1.46	South Lake Tahoe	38.9425	119.9074	1	1
	9,451	P14	3,471	Douglas	Siegel, Mt	Jobs Peak	19.47	Mount Siegel	38.8895	119.5021	1	1
E16	9,214	P17	1,274	Carson City	Snow Valley Pk	PT 9,225	9.55	Marlette Lake	39.1540	119.8832	1	1
E17	7,864	P16	2,724	Storey	Davidson, Mt	Slide Mtn	11.83	Virginia City	39.3082	119.6634	2	1

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our Nevada county highpoint climbs
Gerry Roach’s totals: 20 ascents; 17/17 counties overall
Jennifer Roach’s totals: 19 ascents; 17/17 counties overall
Gerry and Jennifer’s combined total as of 5/26/14: 39 ascents
There are 26 highpoints on this list,
of which 17 are county highpoints, one for each of Nevada’s 17 counties.
There are no twofer county highpoints in Nevada.
In this list, Rank by Elevation is in the first column, and Rank by Prominence is in the second column.
All maps listed are USGS 7.5 minute quads unless otherwise indicated.
The map listed shows the highpoint, and its contour interval is 40 feet unless otherwise indicated.
The datum for the Latitude and Longitude is WGS84.

Nevada’s County Highpoints

Nevada’s Most Prominent County Summits Prominence explained

– Sorted by elevation of the county highpoints. – If a county’s prom peak is different, it appears below the HP. – To sort by Prominence, click on the Rank Prom column heading.

Notes by Gerry Roach

Our Nevada county highpoint climbs

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Nevada’s Most Prominent County Summits
Prominence explained

– Sorted by elevation of the county highpoints.
– If a county’s prom peak is different, it appears below the HP.
– To sort by Prominence, click on the Rank Prom column heading.