Granite Range (Washoe County)

Granite Range
Granite Range
	Granite Range Location within Nevada
Highest point
Elevation	2,365 m (7,759 ft)
Geography
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Region	Black Rock Desert
District	Washoe County
Range coordinates	40°44′28.644″N 119°23′45.677″W / 40.74129000°N 119.39602139°W
Topo map	USGS Godeys Rock

The Granite Range is a mountain range in Washoe County, Nevada, west of the town of Gerlach and the lower Black Rock Desert playa.^[1]

Adjacent mountain ranges are the Fox Range and Calico Hills. Smoke Creek Desert is also near.

References

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Black Rock Desert
Geography	Antelope Range Badger Mountains Black Rock Range Calico Hills Division Range Empire Fox Range Gerlach Granite Range Hannan Range High Rock Canyon Hills Hog Ranch Mountains Jackson Mountains Kamma Mountains Kings River Lake Lahontan Little High Rock Mountains Massacre Range Montana Mountains Pine Forest Range Poker Brown Mountains Quinn River Selenite Range Sentinel Hills Seven Troughs Range Sheephead Mountains Smoke Creek Desert Smoke Creek Mountains Yellow Hills
History	Peter Lassen Applegate Trail Thrust2 land speed record (1983) Thrust SSC land speed record (1997) CSXT Space Shot (2004)
Protected areas	Black Rock–High Rock NCA Black Rock Desert Wilderness Calico Mountains Wilderness East Fork High Rock Canyon Wilderness High Rock Canyon Wilderness High Rock Lake Wilderness Little High Rock Canyon Wilderness North Black Rock Range Wilderness North Jackson Mountains Wilderness Pahute Peak Wilderness South Jackson Mountains Wilderness
Transportation	Empire Airport Old SR 34 Old SR 48 Old SR 49/Jungo Road SR 447
Uses and Activities	Burning Man Camping Dooby Lane High Power Rocketry Land sailing Mining Rockhounding