The Hot Creek Range is a volcanic mountain range in
Nye County
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, in central
Nevada
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in the western
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. From the historic community of Warm Springs, the range runs north-northeast for approximately .
To the west are Stone Cabin Valley, Little Fish Lake Valley, and the large
Monitor Range. To the east are Hot Creek Valley, Big Sand Springs Valley, and the
Lunar Craters Volcanic Field. Further east lies the large
Railroad Valley
Railroad Valley is one of the Central Nevada Desert Basins in the Tonopah Basin and is about long north-south and up to wide, with some southern areas running southwest to northeast.
Description
The southern end of the valley begins near Gra ...
, and the
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and
Quinn Canyon Ranges.
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passes south of the range at 6293-foot (1918 m) Warm Springs Summit. To the north, the range almost merges with the smaller
Antelope
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and
Park
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Ranges.
[''Warm Springs, Nevada,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quad, USGS, 1978]
The northern section of the Hot Creek Range has two distinct crests. The eastern crest rises to Morey Peak (10,246 feet, 3123 m), the highest point of the range. Nearby is the historic silver mining district of Morey. The western crest, across Sixmile Canyon, includes Mahogany Peak (9825 feet, 2995 m), Hot Creek Canyon, and the rugged Fandango Wilderness Study Area.[''Mount Jefferson, Nevada,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quad, USGS, 1987]
The range took its name from a nearby hot spring
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.
References
Further reading
''Hiking the Great Basin'', by John Hart
External links
*
NevadaWilderness.org (Morey Peak WSA)
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Mountain ranges of Nevada
Mountain ranges of Nye County, Nevada
Mountain ranges of the Great Basin