Granite Range (Washoe County)
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The Granite Range is a mountain range in Washoe County
, Nevada
west of the town of Gerlach
and the lower Black Rock Desert
playa.
Adjacent mountain ranges are the Fox Range
and Calico Mountains
.
Washoe County, Nevada
Washoe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. The population was 421,407 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is Reno. Washoe County includes the Reno-Sparks metropolitan area.-History:...
, 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...
west of the town of Gerlach
Gerlach-Empire, Nevada
Gerlach-Empire is a census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The combined population was 499 at the 2000 census. A former company town for United States Gypsum Corporation, Empire was once home to more than 750 people. It is part of the Reno–Sparks Metropolitan...
and the lower Black Rock Desert
Black Rock Desert
The Black Rock Desert is an arid region in the northern Nevada section of the Great Basin with a lakebed that is a dry remnant of Pleistocene Lake Lahontan...
playa.
Adjacent mountain ranges are the Fox Range
Fox Range
The Fox Range is a mountain range in Washoe County, Nevada.The Granite Range is adjacent to the north. The Selenite Range is to the east. Pyramid Lake is to the south. The Smoke Creek Desert is to the west....
and Calico Mountains
Calico Mountains (Nevada)
The Calico Mountains are a mountain range in northwestern Nevada. The range runs north to south along the western edge of the Black Rock Desert. This mountain range is located in western Humboldt and northern Pershing Counties, approximately 30 miles north of the town of Gerlach, Nevada...
.