Jarbidge Peak

Jarbidge Peak is the second highest mountain in the Jarbidge Mountains of northern Elko County, Nevada, United States.[3] It is located within the Jarbidge Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The boundary of the Jarbidge Wilderness crosses the peak.[4]

Jarbidge Peak
Jarbidge Peak viewed from the ridge south of Bonanza Gulch
Highest point
Elevation10,799 ft (3,292 m)  NAVD 88[1]
Prominence621 ft (189 m) [2]
Coordinates41°50′25″N 115°23′25″W [1]
Geography
Jarbidge Peak
Nevada, U.S.
LocationElko County, Nevada, U.S.

"Jarbidge" is a name derived from the Shoshone language meaning "devil".[5] Indians believed the hills were haunted.[6]

Summit panorama
360-degree panorama from the summit of Jarbidge Peak

References
  1. "Jarbidge". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  2. "Jarbridge Peak, Nevada". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
  3. "Jarbidge Mountains". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  4. "Jarbidge Wilderness map". Wilderness.net. Retrieved 2013-08-16.
  5. Nestor, Sandy (29 November 2004). Indian Placenames in America. McFarland. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-7864-7167-6.
  6. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 25.


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