Bullfrog Hills

Bullfrog Hills
Mountain Range
Bullfrog Hills at Rhyolite, Nevada
Country United States
State Nevada
District Nye County
Borders on Pahute Mesa-NE
Bare Mountains-SE
Amargosa Desert-S & SE
Sarcobatus Flat-NW & N
Cities Beatty, NV, Rhyolite, NV
River Amargosa River-(east border)
Coordinates
Highest point Sawtooth Mountain
 - elevation 6,005 ft (1,830 m)
Timezone Pacific (UTC-8)
 - summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
Topo map USGS Beatty
Bullfrog Hills
in Nevada [1]

The Bullfrog Hills are a small range of mountains in southern Nye County, Nevada.[1] The historic Rhyolite, Nevada, mining district was in the Bullfrog Hills, and the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad crossed the hills to its Rhyolite station via the Bullfrog Goldfield Railroad The Bullfrog, Nevada, mining district was south of the hills.

The highpoint of the range is Sawtooth Mountain, 6,005 feet (1,830 m).[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Bullfrog Hills". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. December 12, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:845388. Retrieved November 5, 2009. 
  2. ^ Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c. 2010, p. 64-65.