The Elk Mountains are a mountain range in

Elko County Elko County is a county in the northeastern corner of Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,702. Its county seat is Elko. The county was established on March 5, 1869, from Lander County. Elko County is the fourth ...

, Nevada, United States. The range is contained within the

Jarbidge Ranger District Jarbidge is an unincorporated community in Elko County, Nevada, United States. Located at the bottom of the Jarbidge River's canyon near the north end of the Jarbidge Mountains, it lies within the Jarbidge Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiy ...

of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and is considered to be a sub-range of the

Jarbidge Mountains The Jarbidge Mountains are a mountain range in northern Elko County, Nevada, United States. The range includes multiple sub-ranges, including the Bruneau Range, Buck Creek Mountains, Copper Mountains, Elk Mountains, Fox Creek Range, Ichabod Ra ...

. The highest point is Elk Mountain.

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Mountain ranges of Nevada Mountain ranges of Elko County, Nevada {{ElkoCountyNV-geo-stub