The Diamond Mountains are a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

along the border of

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and

White Pine ''Pinus'', the pines, is a genus of approximately 111 extant tree and shrub species. The genus is currently split into two subgenera: subgenus ''Pinus'' (hard pines), and subgenus ''Strobus'' (soft pines). Each of the subgenera have been further ...

Counties, in northern

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Geography

The range reaches a maximum elevation of on the summit of Diamond Peak. The range separates Newark Valley from Diamond Valley. The mountains cover an area of . The southeastern Diamond Mountains angle southwest to meet the Fish Creek Range, and the adjacent

Mountain Boy Range The Mountain Boy Range is a mountain range in Eureka County, Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, Ca ...

. The

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and fauna are typical of higher elevation

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s in the

Central Basin and Range ecoregion The Great Basin Desert is part of the Great Basin between the Sierra Nevada and the Wasatch Range. The desert is a geographical region that largely overlaps the Great Basin shrub steppe defined by the World Wildlife Fund, and the Central Basin a ...

Access

The town of

lies between the three ranges, with unimproved roads north across Diamond Valley to access the western flank of the range. Southeast from Eureka,

U.S. 50 U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic O ...

crosses the southern Diamond Mountains, and turns eastward at the range's south end.

Nevada State Route 892 State Route 892 (SR 892) is a state highway in White Pine County, Nevada, United States. It follows ''Strawberry Road'' from U.S. Route 50 north along the west side of Newark Valley to a point approximately north of Strawberry, where pavement en ...

follows the eastern flank foothills for half the range's length. The route then becomes an unimproved road north past the range, then through Huntington Valley to meet

Nevada State Route 228 State Route 228 (SR 228), also known as Jiggs Highway, is a state highway in Elko County, Nevada, United States, that connects Jiggs with Nevada State Route 227 (SR 227/Lamoille Highway) in Spring Creek. Route description SR 22 ...

and Elko. Diamond Mtns NV 1-31-13

References

* ''Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer'', 2001, pgs. 39 and 47

External links

{{WhitePineCountyNV-geo-stub Mountain ranges of Nevada Mountain ranges of White Pine County, Nevada Mountain ranges of Eureka County, Nevada

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