Elk Mountain is a summit in Elko County in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] The elevation is 8,802 feet (2,683 m).[1] The peak is in the northeastern portion of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest about two miles south of the Nevada - Idaho border.[2]

Elk Mountain was named for the elk which once roamed there.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elk Mountain
  2. ↑ Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 8th ed., 2012, p. 24, ISBN 0899333346
  3. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 23.

41°57′46″N 115°03′42″W / 41.96278°N 115.06167°W / 41.96278; -115.06167


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