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Carson Range

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Freel Peak (10,881 ft/3317 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Nevada (71%), California (29%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	711 sq mi / 1,841 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	52 mi / 84 km North-South 22 mi / 35 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	39° 8' N; 119° 55' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Carson Range
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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 Carson Range.

Lake Tahoe-Sonora Pass Sierra Nevada	Level 4 (Parent)
Granite Chief-Northwest Tahoe Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Desolation-Crystal Range	Level 5 (Sibling)
Carson Range	Level 5
Mokelumne Wilderness Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Carson-Iceberg Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Emigrant Wilderness Area	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Carson Range

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Freel Peak	10,881	3317
2.	Jobs Sister	10,823	3299
3.	Mount Rose	10,776	3285
4.	Jobs Peak	10,633	3241
5.	Church Peak	10,601	3231
6.	Peak 10505	10,505	3202
7.	Mount Houghton	10,490	3197
8.	Relay Peak	10,336	3150
9.	Snowflower Mountain	10,243	3122
10.	Monument Peak	10,067	3068
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Carson Range

Freel Peak The windbreak at the summit of Freel Peak in the Tahoe-area Sierra (2009-09-05). Click here for larger-size photo.	Jobs Sister Freel Peak, Jobs Sister, and Jobs peak from the summit of Hawkins Peak to the South. Smoke from the King Wild Fire can be seen in the background, which was set 9 days earlier (2014-09-22). Photo by Arthur Caverly. Click here for larger-size photo.
Mount Rose Mount Rose is the highest and most prominent Sierra Nevada peak in the state of Nevada (2009-09-04). Click here for larger-size photo.	Jobs Peak Freel Peak, Jobs Sister, and Jobs peak from the summit of Hawkins Peak to the South. Smoke from the King Wild Fire can be seen in the background, which was set 9 days earlier (2014-09-22). Photo by Arthur Caverly. Click here for larger-size photo.
Church Peak View of Church Peak from Mt. Rose (2018-07-06). Photo by Marc Belanger. Click here for larger-size photo.	Relay Peak Relay Peak. Happy feet, Day 8 TRT thru-hike complete (2022-06-24). Photo by Kellie Dobrescu. Click here for larger-size photo.
Snowflower Mountain Snowflower Mountain Summiteers, Great Basin Peak Section (2015-09-29). Photo by Gretchen Nelson. Click here for larger-size photo.	Monument Peak View of Lake Tahoe from Monument Peak. (2022-08-19). Photo by Marc Belanger. Click here for larger-size photo.
Tamarack Peak Backcountry skiing on Tamarack Peak! (2017-01-28). Photo by Mary Wholey. Click here for larger-size photo.	Peak 9840 Peak 9840 (2020-10-31). Photo by Yao-Min Chen. Click here for larger-size photo.

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