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Black Rock Desert Area

Range Type	Miscellaneous physical or political Feature
Highest Point	Duffer Peak (9428 ft/2874 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Nevada
Area	4,677 sq mi / 12,114 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	119 mi / 192 km North-South 92 mi / 148 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	41° 8' N; 119° 2' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Black Rock Desert Area
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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 Black Rock Desert Area.

Northwest Great Basin Ranges	Level 4 (Parent)
South-Central Oregon Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Modoc-Lassen Plateau	Level 5 (Sibling)
Warner Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Sheldon-Hart Mountain Refuges Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Black Rock Desert Area	Level 5
Granite Range	Level 6 (Child)
Hog Ranch Mountains	Level 6 (Child)
Calico Mountains	Level 6 (Child)
Black Rock Range	Level 6 (Child)
Pine Forest Range	Level 6 (Child)
Jackson Mountains	Level 6 (Child)
Selenite Range	Level 6 (Child)
Sheepshead Mountains	Level 6 (Child)
Hannan Range	Level 6 (Child)
Kamma Mountains	Level 6 (Child)
Steens Mountain Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Trout Creek Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Pyramid Lake Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Northwest Humboldt River Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Reno-Truckee Area	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Black Rock Desert Area

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Duffer Peak	9428	2874	Pine Forest Range
2.	Quinn Peak	9095	2772	Jackson Mountains
3.	Granite Peak	8980	2737	Granite Range
4.	Granite Benchmark	8957	2730	Granite Range
5.	King Lear Peak	8923	2720	Jackson Mountains
6.	Peak 8806	8806	2684	Jackson Mountains
7.	Stewart Benchmark	8798	2682	Black Rock Range
8.	Peak 8759	8759	2670	Pine Forest Range
9.	Stewart Benchmark West	8730	2661	Black Rock Range
10.	Peak 8687	8687	2648	Black Rock Range
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.	Duffer Peak	9428	2874	Pine Forest Range
2.	Quinn Peak	9095	2772	Jackson Mountains
3.	Granite Peak	8980	2737	Granite Range
4.	Stewart Benchmark	8798	2682	Black Rock Range
5.	Donnelly Peak	8533	2601	Calico Mountains
6.	Kumiva Peak	8220+	2505+	Selenite Range
7.	Hog Ranch Mountain	7680+	2341+	Hog Ranch Mountains
8.	Hannan Range High Point	6988+	2130+	Hannan Range
9.	Sheephead Mountains High Point	6588	2008	Sheepshead Mountains
10.	Rosebud Peak	6496	1980	Kamma Mountains

Photos of Peaks in the Black Rock Desert Area

Duffer Peak Looking SE from Onion Reservoir at Duffer Peak on left with snowfield below. Onion Reservoir campground is on the opposite shore at right (2012-06-02). Photo by Caleb Morris. Click here for larger-size photo.	Duffer Peak - North Peak Lake Approach (2016-06-24). Click here for larger-size photo. Edit Photo Info
Quinn Peak Mining scars below the highpoint of the Jackson Mountains, Nevada (2009-05-16). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.	Granite Peak John Stolk approaches the top of Granite Mountain (2017-05-09). Photo by Grant Myers. Click here for larger-size photo.
King Lear Peak King Lear Peak from Trout Creek Road (2009-05-15). Photo by Ken Jones. Click here for larger-size photo.	Stewart Benchmark West Lola on the summit of Stewart BM West (2020-10-02). Photo by Tom Gathright. Click here for larger-size photo.
Donnelly Peak Lola wondering why we go up these rocky hills on hot days. Approach to top of Donnelly (2020-09-29). Photo by Tom Gathright. Click here for larger-size photo.	Kumiva Peak Kumiva Peak as seen from the west (2014-08-25). Photo by Dean Molen. Click here for larger-size photo.
Fox Mountain SW aspect of Fox Mtn. from near Hwy. 447 (2017-04-29). Photo by Joseph Del Grosso. Click here for larger-size photo.	Selenite Peak NW aspect of Selenite Peak (2017-04-29). Photo by Joseph Del Grosso. Click here for larger-size photo.

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