Toiyabe Range

Toiyabe Range
Looking southeast from above State Route 305 north of Austin
Highest point
PeakArc Dome[1]
Elevation11,778 ft (3,590 m)
Coordinates38°49′57″N 117°21′10″W / 38.83250°N 117.35278°W / 38.83250; -117.35278
Geography
Location of Toiyabe Range in Nevada[2]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
RegionCentral Basin and Range ecoregion
District(s)Lander and Nye counties
Range coordinates39°59′59″N 116°43′03″W / 39.99972°N 116.71750°W / 39.99972; -116.71750

The Toiyabe Range is a mountain range in Lander and Nye counties, Nevada, United States. Most of the range is included within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The highest point in the range, near its southern end, is Arc Dome (11,788 feet, 3592 m), an area protected as the Arc Dome Wilderness. The highest point in Lander County, Bunker Hill, is also located within the Toiyabe Range. The range starts in northwestern Nye County north of Tonopah, Nevada and runs approximately 120 miles (190 km) north-northeast into southern Lander County, making it the second longest range in the state.

  1. ^ "Arc Dome". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. December 12, 1980. Retrieved November 5, 2009.
  2. ^ "Toiyabe Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. December 12, 1980. Retrieved November 4, 2009.

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