Bare Mountain (Nevada)
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The Bare Mountain Range is a mountain range in southern Nye County
, Nevada
, in the United States
. Bare Mountain and Wildcat Peak are the high points of the range.
on the Amargosa River
Valley
; to the northwest hills continue into the Bullfrog Hills
at Beatty.
The range borders the central and northeast Amargosa Desert
, which also trends northwest by southeast.
The highest peak of the range is Bare Mountain, of the same name, at 6273 feet (1,912 m). In the southeast of the range, Wildcat Peak rises to 5052 feet (1,540 m)
Nye County, Nevada
-National protected areas:* Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge* Death Valley National Park * Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest * Spring Mountains National Recreation Area -Demographics:...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
, in the United States
Western United States
.The Western United States, commonly referred to as the American West or simply "the West," traditionally refers to the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. Because the U.S. expanded westward after its founding, the meaning of the West has evolved over time...
. Bare Mountain and Wildcat Peak are the high points of the range.
Range summary
The Bare Mountain Range is a short range, about 9 miles (14 km) long, trending northwest by southeast. The north end of the range borders Beatty, NevadaBeatty, Nevada
Beatty is a census-designated place along the Amargosa River in Nye County in the U.S. state of Nevada. U.S. Route 95 runs through the CDP, which lies between Tonopah, about to the north, and Las Vegas, about to the southeast. State Route 374 connects Beatty to Death Valley National Park, about ...
on the Amargosa River
Amargosa River
The Amargosa River is an intermittent waterway, long, in southern Nevada and eastern California in the United States. It drains a high desert region, the Amargosa Valley in the Amargosa Desert northwest of Las Vegas, into the Mojave Desert, and finally into Death Valley where it disappears into...
Valley
Amargosa Valley
The Amargosa Valley is a Nevada landform east of the Amargosa Range that is the eponym for the town of Amargosa Valley, Nevada. The Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad ran through the valley from 1906 to 1940.-Solar thermal plant:...
; to the northwest hills continue into the Bullfrog Hills
Bullfrog Hills
The Bullfrog Hills are a small range of mountains in southern Nye County, Nevada. The historic Rhyolite, Nevada, mining district was in the Bullfrog Hills, and the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad crossed the hills to its Rhyolite station via the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad The Bullfrog, Nevada,...
at Beatty.
The range borders the central and northeast Amargosa Desert
Amargosa Desert
The Amargosa Desert is located in Nye County in western Nevada, United States, along the California–Nevada border. It is largely coincident with the geographic Amargosa Valley....
, which also trends northwest by southeast.
The highest peak of the range is Bare Mountain, of the same name, at 6273 feet (1,912 m). In the southeast of the range, Wildcat Peak rises to 5052 feet (1,540 m)