The Highland Mountains or Highland Range in Nevada connect with the Eldorado and Newberry mountains.
Clark County
| Highland Range | |
|---|---|
 Highland Range northwest of Eldorado Valley (foreground) | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Castle Peak, Northwest part of range |
| Elevation | 4,879 ft (1,487 m) |
| Coordinates | 35°38.94′N 115°02.93′W / 35.64900°N 115.04883°W / 35.64900; -115.04883 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 10 mi (16 km) N-S |
| Geography | |
  Highland RangeHighland Range of Clark County, Nevada
| |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Clark County |
| Settlement | Searchlight |
| Borders on | McCullough Range-W Eldorado Valley-N, NE & SE Piute Wash- SW |
| Topo map(s) | USGS McCullough Mtn., Nevada 15 minute Topo Quad, 1960 |
The Highland Range of Clark County is a small 10-mile (16 km) long, range south of Henderson, Nevada and separated from the southeast flank of the McCullough Range by a narrow, approximately three-mile wide valley, at the head of Piute Wash.
The Highland Range also lies on the southwest border region of the endorheic Eldorado Valley. The Highland Range Crucial Bighorn Habitat Area is a large part of the range's north, and also the alluvial plains on the northeast above Eldorado Valley. The Highland Range is about 10 miles long. A north section with a ridgeline extends somewhat into Eldorado Valley; the center and southeast gradually lower in elevation toward the southern margin of Eldorado Valley, just to the northwest of the mining area around Searchlight. The southern end of the Eldorado Mountains, which form the eastern margin of Eldorado Valley, lies just to the northeast of Searchlight.
U.S. Route 95 runs south through Eldorado Valley to the east of the Highlands to Searchlight. Nevada State Route 164 runs west from Searchlight through Paiute Wash.
Lincoln County
| Highland Range | |
|---|---|
| Highland RangeHighland Range (Lincoln County) in Nevada | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Highland Peak |
| Elevation | 9,395 ft (2,864 m) |
| Coordinates | 37°53′38″N 114°34′42″W / 37.89389°N 114.57833°W / 37.89389; -114.57833 |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Lincoln County |
| Topo map | USGS Highland Peak |
The Highland Range also runs in Lincoln County. Nearby ranges include the Bristol Range to the north, the West Range to the northwest, the Ely Springs Range to the west, the Black Canyon Range to the southwest, the Chief Range to the south and the Pioche Hills to the east.
Mine workings in the range are associated with the historic Pioche silver mining district.
The range was named after the Scottish Highlands, the ancestral home of a pioneer citizen.
References
- Hagerty, Bridgette E; Tracy, C. Richard (6 April 2010). "Defining population structure for the Mojave desert tortoise". Conservation Genetics. 11 (5): 1803. Bibcode:2010ConG...11.1795H. doi:10.1007/s10592-010-0073-0. S2CID 23596038.
Searchlight Pass, a connection point for the Eldorado, Newberry, and Highland mountain ranges.
- ^ Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c. 2010, p. 72
- McCullough Mtn., Nevada, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1960
- Nelson, Nevada, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1958
- Searchlight, Nevada–California, 15 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1959
- ^ "Highland Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- Paul Gemmill (1968) The geology of the ore deposits of the Pioche district, Nevada, in Ore Deposits of the United States 1933-1967, New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers, p.1128-47.
- Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 45.
External links
Media related to Highland Range (Clark County) at Wikimedia Commons- USGS Highland Peak, NV Quad with Mapquest
