Bull Run Mountains (Nevada)

Bull Run Mountains
Bull Run Mountains viewed from the Independence Mountains
Highest point
Peak Porter Peak
Elevation 2,791 m (9,157 ft)
Geography
Location of Bull Run Mountains in Nevada [1]
Country United States
State Nevada
District Elko County
Range coordinates 41°50′7.644″N 116°8′38.350″W / 41.83545667°N 116.14398611°W / 41.83545667; -116.14398611Coordinates: 41°50′7.644″N 116°8′38.350″W / 41.83545667°N 116.14398611°W / 41.83545667; -116.14398611
Topo map USGS Dry Creek Reservoir

The Bull Run Mountains is a mountain range in Elko County, Nevada, United States. Much of the range is contained within the Mountain City Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Porter Peak, at 9,157 feet (2,791 m) is the highest point of the range.[2]

The range was named in commemoration of the Battle of Bull Run, in the American Civil War.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bull Run Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ↑ "Porter Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  3. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 22.


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