| Bare Mountain Range | |
| Mountain Range | |
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Bare Mountain as seen from the Bullfrog Hills west of Beatty
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Nevada |
| Region | (north)-Amargosa Desert ((north)-Mojave Desert) (Death Valley region) |
| District | Nye County, Nevada |
| Municipality | Beatty & Rhyolite, Nevada |
| Borders on | Bullfrog Hills-W Pahute Mesa-N & NE Amargosa Valley & Desert-S & SE |
| River | Amargosa River-(west range border) |
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| Highest point | Bare Mountain (peak) |
| - elevation | 6,273 ft (1,912 m) |
| Length | 9 mi (14 km), NW x SE |
| Width | 5 mi (8 km) |
| Timezone | Pacific (UTC-8) |
| - summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| Topo map | USGS Carrara Canyon |
The Bare Mountain Range is a mountain range in southern Nye County, Nevada, in the United States. Bare Mountain and Wildcat Peak are the high points of the range.[1]
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The Bare Mountain Range is a short range, about 9 miles (14 km) long, trending northwest by southeast. The north end of the range borders Beatty, Nevada on the Amargosa River Valley; to the northwest hills continue into the Bullfrog Hills at Beatty.
The range borders the central and northeast Amargosa Desert, which also trends northwest by southeast.
The highest peak of the range is Bare Mountain,[2] of the same name, at 6,273 feet (1,912 m). In the southeast of the range, Wildcat Peak rises to 5,052 feet (1,540 m)