| Diamond Mountains | |
| Mountain Range | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Nevada |
| Counties | White Pine, Eureka |
| Parts | (N-to-S) Birch BM, Christine Peak, Summit Peak, Black Point BM |
| Location | triple watershed point of the Humboldt River subregion, the Diamond-Monitor Watershed, and the Newark-Little Smoky Watershed |
| - coordinates | |
| Highest point | Diamond Peak |
| - elevation | 10,029 ft (3,057 m) |
| Timezone | Pacific (UTC-8) |
| - summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| GNIS code | 847307[1] |
| Topo map | USGS Diamond Springs |
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Triple point in the northern Diamond Mountains
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The Diamond Mountains are a north-south mountain range in east-central Nevada northeast of Eureka. The range is along the Newark Valley and is part of the drainage divide demarcating the Little Smoky-Newark Watershed.
The mountains cover an area of 293.4 square miles (760 km2), and reach an elevation of 10,029 feet (3,057 m) feet at Diamond Peak, which dominates the central portion of the range. The mountain range lies between Newark Valley to the east and Diamond Valley to the west.
The Bureau of Land Management oversees 96% of the range (privately held land makes up the other 4%), and the fauna and flora are typical of elevated biomes of the Central Basin and Range ecoregion.