Cherry Creek Range

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The Cherry Creek Range is a line of mountains in northern White Pine and southern Elko Counties, in northeastern Nevada in the western United States. The range runs generally north-south for approximately 50 miles (80 km). The high point of the range is an unnamed peak (10,458 feet, 3187 m) located just south of the border between the counties.

To the west are Butte Valley and the Butte Mountains, while to the east are Steptoe Valley, the Schell Creek Range, Highway 93, and the historic mining community of Cherry Creek. To the north is Spruce Mountain, while to the south are the Egan Range and Egan Canyon, the route of the Pony Express in this part of the Great Basin. The center of the range is deeply cut by the Goshute Basin - the location of the Goshute Canyon Wilderness Study Area.