King Lear Peak is a summit in the
Jackson Mountains
The Jackson Mountains are a north-northeast trending mountain range in southwestern Humboldt County, Nevada. The range is flanked on the west by the Black Rock Desert and the Black Rock Range beyond. To the north across the Quinn River and Nevada ...
of
Humboldt 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, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
,
overlooking the
Black Rock Desert to the west.
Cultural References
King Lear Peak is referenced in the final section of the 1996 epic poem
Mountains and Rivers Without End
''Mountains and Rivers Without End'' is an epic poem by American poet and essayist Gary Snyder. Snyder began writing the thirty-nine poems contained in the epic in 1956 and published the final version in 1996. The work is divided into four part ...
by
Gary Snyder
Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance and he has been described as the "poet laureate of ...
, entitled “Finding the Space in the Heart.”
References
Mountains of Humboldt County, Nevada
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