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Esmeralda County Ranges

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Piper Peak (9450 ft/2880 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Nevada (84%), California (16%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	2,698 sq mi / 6,989 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	90 mi / 145 km North-South 56 mi / 90 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	37° 37' N; 117° 33' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Esmeralda County Ranges
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Esmeralda County Ranges.

West Great Basin Ranges	Level 4 (Parent)
Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Wassuk Range	Level 5 (Sibling)
Mono-Benton-Excelsior Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Gabbs Valley-Pilot-Monte Cristo	Level 5 (Sibling)
White Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Esmeralda County Ranges	Level 5
Silver Peak Range	Level 6 (Child)
Lone Mountain	Level 6 (Child)
Weepah Hills	Level 6 (Child)
Clayton Ridge	Level 6 (Child)
Montezuma Range	Level 6 (Child)
Palmetto Mountains	Level 6 (Child)
Sylvania Mountains	Level 6 (Child)
Cucomungo Mountains	Level 6 (Child)
Slate Ridge	Level 6 (Child)
Gold Mountain Range	Level 6 (Child)
Inyo Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Coso-Argus Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Panamint Range	Level 5 (Sibling)
Amargosa Range	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Esmeralda County Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Piper Peak	9450	2880
2.	Silver Peak	9376	2858
3.	Blue Dick Peak	9289	2831
4.	Lone Mountain	9108	2776
5.	Magruder Mountain	9044	2757
6.	Red Mountain	8957	2730
7.	Palmetto Mountain	8920+	2719+
8.	Rhyolite Ridge	8550	2606
9.	Last Chance Mountain	8456	2577
10.	Peak 8380	8380	2554
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Blue Dick Peak	9289	2831	Palmetto Mountains
2.	Sylvania Mountains High Point	8160+	2487+	Sylvania Mountains
3.	Gold Mountain	8152	2485	Gold Mountain Range
4.	Cucomungo Mountains High Point	7600+	2316+	Cucomungo Mountains

Photos of Peaks in the Esmeralda County Ranges

Piper Peak The summit area of Piper Peak (2021-09-15). Photo by Joseph Del Grosso. Click here for larger-size photo.	Blue Dick Peak Harvey Peak, from 11 miles southwest, on the highpoint of the Sylvania Mountains. Palmetto Mountain is on the right (2022-03-11). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.
Lone Mountain Golden light at 7:15 AM on the approach to Lone Mountain near Tonopah, Nevada (2013-03-30). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.	Magruder Mountain Looking south at Magruder Mountain, from the summit of Palmetto Mountain (2022-03-11). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.
Palmetto Mountain Palmetto Mountain, from 15 miles east on Hwy 266 (2022-03-11). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.	Last Chance Mountain Summit (2020-03-27). Photo by Jason Park. Click here for larger-size photo.
Montezuma Peak Montezuma Peak on the left, Carroll Peak on the right (2015-04-07). Photo by Dennis Poulin. Click here for larger-size photo.	Sylvania Mountains High Point The highpoint of the Sylvania Mountains (middle) briefly forms the horizon in this picture taken from the south on Last Chance Mountain (2022-03-12). Photo by Richard Hensley. Click here for larger-size photo.
Gold Mountain Mysa on the summit of Gold Mountain. (2021-04-11). Photo by Rob Hernquist. Click here for larger-size photo.	Sandy Point Sandy Point from Lead BM (2017-11-11). Photo by Mark McCormick. Click here for larger-size photo.

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