Flowery Range

Flowery Range
Location of Flowery Range in Nevada [1]
Highest point
Elevation 2,237[2] m (7,339 ft)
Geography
Country United States
State Nevada
District Storey County
Range coordinates 39°23′32.689″N 119°31′20.633″W / 39.39241361°N 119.52239806°W / 39.39241361; -119.52239806Coordinates: 39°23′32.689″N 119°31′20.633″W / 39.39241361°N 119.52239806°W / 39.39241361; -119.52239806
Topo map USGS Chalk Hills

The Flowery Range is a mountain range associated with the Virginia Range[3] in Storey County, Nevada.[1]

The range was so named on account of wildflowers which bloom when watered by melting snow.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Flowery Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ↑ "Flowery Range Highpoint". Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Virginia Range (NV)". November 8, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
  4. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 67.


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