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Wheeler Peak, Nevada

Prominence: 7563 ft, 2306 m

Elevation: 13,063 feet, 3982 meters

True Isolation: 231.79 mi, 373.02 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 13,068 ft / 3984 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 59' 9'' N; 114° 18' 50'' W 38.985775, -114.313908 (Dec Deg) 732658E 4318630N Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Nevada
County/Second Level Region	White Pine (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Wheeler Peak": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites SummitPost.org Page for Wheeler Peak CoHP.org Trip Report for White Pine, NV by David Olson CoHP.org Trip Report for White Pine, NV by Ron Tagliapietra CoHP.org Trip Report for White Pine, NV by Adam Helman Lists that contain Wheeler Peak: Nevada Peaks with 25 Miles of Isolation (Rank #1) Nevada County High Points (Rank #2) Nevada Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #2) Nevada 11,000-foot Peaks (Rank #2) Nevada County Prominence Peaks (Rank #2) Great Basin Peaks List-Star Peaks (Rank #3) USA Lower 48 Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #11) USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #12) USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence (Rank #12) USA Lower 48 Peaks with 5000 feet of Prominence (Rank #12) Most Isolated Peaks of the U.S. States (Rank #12) 2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #12) USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #18) USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #27) USA Peaks with 6000 feet of Prominence (Rank #31) USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #42) USA/Canada Peaks with 7000 feet of Prominence (Rank #47) U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #52) North America Peaks with 2000 meters of Prominence (Rank #53) U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet (Rank #59) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1986-07-02 by Joseph Hirniak 1992-06-26 by Richard Carey 1992-08-29 by Greg Slayden (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 1992-08-30 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track) 2003-08-12 by Austin Smith 2004-10-06 by Dennis Poulin 2006-08-13 by Eric Kassan 2007-05-26 by Sacha Bobst (GPS Track) 2007-08-06 by Marco Polo 2009-06-02 by Melissa De Leon 2009-06-06 by S Wallace (Unsuccessful) 2009-08-21 by James Carter 2009-08-26 by Tim Berger 2011-03-05 by Allen Sjogren 2011-07-03 by BMS 914 (GPS Track) 2011-07-31 by David Hubbard 2011-07-31 by Jerry Thomas (GPS Track) 2012-07-12 by Greg Bramlet 2012-08-06 by Kevin Pederson 2012-09-15 by BMS 914 2012-09-15 by BMS 914 2012-10-13 by Scott Angus (GPS Track) View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Wheeler Peak Elevation Ladder from Wheeler Peak Prominence Ladder from Wheeler Peak

The dark, craggy silhouette of Wheeler Peak.
Web Map Links	Acme Mapper MyTopo Gmap4 MS-Research TopoQuest Bing Maps MSN/Encarta Google Maps
Prominence	Clean Prominence: 7563 ft/2306 m Optimistic Prominence: 7573 ft/2309 m Key Col: Kanarraville, UT 5500 ft/1676 m (10 foot contour) Col elevation in range between 5490 and 5500 feet. Topo Map: Kanarraville O37113e2 1:24,000 Key Col Lat/Long: 37° 33' 44'' N; 113° 10' 52'' W Key Col Map Links: Bing Maps MSN/Encarta Google Maps
Isolation	231.79 mi/373.02 km Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Mount Lovenia (ENE) Isolation Limit Point: 40° 45' 22'' N; 110° 36' 27'' W ILP Map Links: Bing Maps MSN/Encarta Google Maps
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Intermountain West Range3: Great Basin Ranges Range4: East Central Great Basin Ranges (Highest Point) Range5: Snake Range (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Great Salt Lake (HP) Great Basin Internal Drainage-N.A. Worldwide Internal Drainage
Ownership	Land: Great Basin National Park (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Wheeler Peak O38114h3 1:24,000
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail: Wheeler Peak Trail Trailhead: Wheeler Peak Road (Paved Road) 10,161 ft/3097 m Vertical Gain: 2902 ft/885 m Distance (one way): 4.2 mi/6.76 km
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Other Photos

Al Sandorff and his car at 10,000 feet on the highest paved road in Nevada, in front of Wheeler Peak. Photo courtesy of Al Sandorff.

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