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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: 5000 foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #20) USA Lower 48 Peaks with 5000 feet of Prominence (Rank #28) 5000 foot Prominence CoHPs (Rank #26) USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #28) USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #29) Nevada Peaks Club Emblem Peaks (Rank #3) Top 10 Prominence Grid for U.S. States (Rank #41) USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence (Rank #28) Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #55) 2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #27) Top 10 Elevation Grid for U.S. States (Rank #94) CoHP High Five List (Rank #44) Top 10 Isolation Grid for U.S. States (Rank #55) 100 Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #71) 100 Highest CoHPs (Rank #79) Counties with Largest Area (Rank #11) Nevada County High Points (Rank #3) Las Vegas Mountaineers Classics (Rank #13) USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #40) USA Lower 48 Top 400 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #28) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 310 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 296) Selected Trip Reports: 2004-10-08 by Dennis Poulin 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 2013-07-05 by Greg Gerlach 2013-08-03 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track) 2014-08-08 by Kathy Wing (GPS Track) 2014-08-22 by Sam Grant (GPS Track) 2015-08-29 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track) 2016-05-31 by Dustin Erickson 2016-06-28 by Hal Watrous 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 R (GPS Track) 2019-09-07 by Kyle Wilson (GPS Track) 2019-09-19 by Mihai Giurgiulescu (GPS Track) 2019-09-20 by Jerry Thomas (GPS Track) 2019-10-12 by William Inman 2020-09-12 by Rob Hernquist 2020-10-12 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track) 2021-07-22 by Dave Covill
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South Summit of Mount Jefferson 11,941 ft (2015-07-16). Photo by Gerry Pennington.
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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

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Other Photos

Cheryl on the trail to Mount Jefferson with Round Mountain mine and Great Smoky Valley in the background (2019-09-20). Photo by Jerry Thomas.
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Jerry nearing the final push (2019-09-20). Photo by Cheryl Thomas.
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Jerry and Cheryl at the summit (2019-09-20). Photo by Cheryl Thomas.
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View from the peak of Mt Jefferson. (2020-09-12). Photo by Rob Hernquist.
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The high trailhead on the south slope of Mount Jefferson. Shoshone Mountain in the background (2020-10-12).
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