Peakbagger.com
Peak Lists	Climbers	Ranges	Geography	Help	Search	Log In

Mount Jefferson, Nevada

Prominence: 5861 ft, 1787 m

Elevation: 11,941 feet, 3640 meters

True Isolation: 98.62 mi, 158.71 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 11,946 ft / 3642 m
Highest Summit	South Summit
Subpeaks	Mount Jefferson-North Summit (11,814 ft/3601 m) Mount Jefferson-Middle Summit (11,686 ft/3562 m) Mount Jefferson-East Peak (11,372 ft/3466 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 45' 7'' N, 116° 55' 36'' W 38.751925, -116.926694 (Dec Deg) 506370 E 4289251 N, Zone 11 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Nevada
County/Second Level Region	Nye (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mount Jefferson": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Mount Jefferson (South Summit) at SummitPost.org Jefferson, Mount-South Summit at ListsOfJohn.com Weather for Mount Jefferson Nevada at Mountain-Forecast.com CoHP.org Trip Report for Nye, NV by Andy Martin CoHP.org Trip Report for Nye, NV by Edward Earl CoHP.org Trip Report for Nye, NV by Scott Surgent CoHP.org Trip Report for Nye, NV by Adam Helman CoHP.org Trip Report for Nye, NV by Michael Schwartz CoHP.org Trip Report for Nye, NV by Rich Wilson Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Mount Jefferson: USA Lower 48 Top 400 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #28) USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #70) USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #40) USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence (Rank #28) Western USA Peaks with 25 miles of Isolation (Rank #22) Nevada Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #3) Western Contiguous USA CoHPs (Rank #80) Western USA CoHPs (Rank #87) USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #29) Nevada County High Points (Rank #3) 2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #27) CoHP High Five List (Rank #44) USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #28) Great Basin Peaks List (Rank #10) Western States Climbers List (Rank #129) Great Basin Range5 High Points (Rank #4) Nevada 11,000-foot Peaks (Rank #6) Nevada Peaks Club Emblem Peaks (Rank #3) USA Lower 48 Peaks with 5000 feet of Prominence (Rank #28) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2004-10-08 by Dennis Poulin 2011-09-05 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track) 2012-09-03 by BMS 914 (GPS Track) 2013-05-25 by James Morehouse (GPS Track) 2013-06-02 by Paul Garry (GPS Track) 2013-06-21 by Lee Newton 2013-07-04 by Patrick Kirchmann (GPS Track) 2013-07-05 by Greg Gerlach 2013-08-03 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track) 2014-06-07 by Chase DuPont (GPS Track) 2014-08-08 by Kathy Wing (GPS Track) 2014-08-22 by Sam Grant (GPS Track) 2014-09-27 by David Porter 2015-08-29 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track) 2016-05-31 by Dustin Erickson 2016-06-03 by Connor McEntee 2016-06-28 by Hal Watrous 2017-07-17 by Sandy Lara 2018-07-22 by Alan Bernier 2018-08-06 by Dean Gaudet (GPS Track) 2018-09-22 by Ted Ehrlich 2018-10-24 by Bradley Reese (GPS Track) View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members (225 total) Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Mount Jefferson Elevation Ladder from Mount Jefferson Prominence Ladder from Mount Jefferson

Click on photo for original larger-size version.

South Summit of Mount Jefferson 11,941 ft (2015-07-16). Photo by Gerry Pennington.
Click here for larger-size photo.

Web Map Links

Peakfinder Panorama
GeoHack Links CalTopo MyTopo Bing Maps
Google Maps Open Street Map

Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 5861 ft/1787 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 5881 ft/1793 m
  Line Parent: Baker Peak
  Key Col: 6080 ft/1853 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 98.62 mi/158.71 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 37.847906, -118.332479
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Hosebag Peak  (SW)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Intermountain West
Range3: Great Basin Ranges
Range4: West Central Nevada Ranges (Highest Point)
Range5: Toquima Range (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Clayton-Big Smoky Valleys
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Southern Great Basin Valleys
Great Basin
Internal Drainage-N.A.
Worldwide Internal Drainage

Ownership

Land: Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Wilderness/Special Area: Alta Toquima Wilderness Area (Highest Point)

Topo Map

Mount Jefferson O38116g8 1:24,000

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

Dynamic Map

Mount Jefferson

Other Peaks
Click Here for a Full Screen Map

This page has been served 20766 times since 2004-11-01.

Questions/Comments/Corrections? See the Contact Page