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Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Mount Patterson (11,673 ft/3558 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Nevada (87%), California (13%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	1,804 sq mi / 4,673 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	72 mi / 115 km North-South 47 mi / 75 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	38° 47' N; 119° 23' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges
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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 Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges.

West Great Basin Ranges	Level 4 (Parent)
Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges	Level 5
Pine Nut Mountains	Level 6 (Child)
Buckskin Range	Level 6 (Child)
Singatse Range	Level 6 (Child)
Wellington Hills	Level 6 (Child)
Desert Creek Mountains	Level 6 (Child)
Sweetwater Mountains	Level 6 (Child)
Pine Grove Hills	Level 6 (Child)
Cambridge Hills	Level 6 (Child)
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 (Sibling)
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 Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Mount Patterson	11,673	3558
2.	Wheeler Peak	11,663	3555
3.	South Sister	11,360+	3463+
4.	Middle Sister	10,854	3308
5.	Peak 10452	10,452	3186
6.	East Sister	10,404	3171
7.	Bald Mountain	9544	2909
8.	Mount Siegel	9451	2881
9.	Galena Peak	9400+	2865+
10.	Mount Jackson	9381	2859
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.	Artesia Benchmark	6915	2108	Buckskin Range
2.	Mount Wilson	6778	2066	Singatse Range

Photos of Peaks in the Pine Nut-Sweetwater Ranges

Mount Patterson Mount Patterson Summit (2014-07-08). Photo by Gretchen Nelson. Click here for larger-size photo.	Wheeler Peak Wheeler Peak (behind) from the saddle with Mount Patterson, which is accessible by 4x4s (2018-07-06). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.
South Sister South Sister as seen from Middle Sister East Ridge (2012-09-11). Photo by David Porter. Click here for larger-size photo.	Middle Sister Middle Sister from the descent from East Sister (2018-07-07). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.
Middle Sister-Northeast Ridge The Lyon CoHP is located on this small rocky mound near the state boundary marker, indicated by a cairn with tall stick (2019-09-23). Photo by Marc Belanger. Click here for larger-size photo.	East Sister The south side of East Sister is brushy. Taken from the facing slope of Middle Sister (2018-07-07). Photo by Andrew Kirmse. Click here for larger-size photo.
Bald Mountain Approaching Bald Mountain from the north (2020-05-29). Photo by Marc Belanger. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Siegel Approaching Mt. Siegel from the south (2017-05-14). Photo by Grant Myers. Click here for larger-size photo.
Galena Peak view from Oreana Peak towards Galena Summit (the gap in the dark brown ridgeline -- we came up the 4WD pack trail behind that from Gardnerville / I-395 through Dutch Canyon and Lone Pine Canyon) and the Sierra Nevada (at the horizon -- you can see Freel and Jobs in the center, and Daggett Pass over to the South Lake Tahoe area on the right), with the "parking lot" just below Oreana Peak in the foreground (~50 m west of summit -- Dean's trusted Range Rover was our machine to the trail head, where we met a few ATVs that had come up via Red Canyon :-), and Galena Peak just at the right edge of the pic / ridge (where we ended up driving next -- that 4WD trail is visible behind the Range Rover, passing to the right of the dark green bushy area) (2016-11-12). Photo by Mr. L. Click here for larger-size photo.	Oreana Peak Oreana Peak as seen from the summit of Galena Peak (2013-09-21). Photo by Michael Berry. Click here for larger-size photo.

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