The Hays Canyon Range is a mountain range in northwest Washoe County

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...

, adjacent the California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 border. The Surprise Valley with its alkali

Alkali

In chemistry, an alkali is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal element. Some authors also define an alkali as a base that dissolves in water. A solution of a soluble base has a pH greater than 7. The adjective alkaline is commonly used in English as a synonym for base,...

 lakes and the Warner Mountains

Warner Mountains

The Warner Mountains are an 85-mile-long mountain range running north-south through northeastern California and extending into southern Oregon in the United States...

 lie to the west.

Description

The Hays Canyon Range is a mostly linear, north-south trending range, variable in width, about 40 mi long. The range overlooks the linear Surprise Valley to the west; high elevation dry lakes, above 5500 ft lie to the northeast. Crooks Lake lies in the north of the lower elevation section of the range.

The highpoint of the range is Hays Canyon Peak, 7916 feet (2,413 m) at the extreme south of the range. Other peaks from north to south are:

Fortynine Mountain, 7462 feet (2,274 m)

Big Hat Mountain, 6854 feet (2,089 m)

Drag Road Canyon–Button Brush Flat

The Craters

Little Hat Mountain, 7166 feet (2,184 m)

Divine Peak, 7462 feet (2,274 m) (in east)

Hays Canyon Peak, 7916 feet (2,413 m) (west of center)

Pegleg Canyon

Red Mountain, 6974 feet (2,126 m)

External links

Hays Canyon Peak

• Hays Canyon Peak, Nevada, peakbagger.com