Calico Hills, Humboldt County, Nevada

Calico Hills
Calico Mountains
Calico Hills, Black Rock Desert, Nevada
Highest point
Peak	Donnelly Peak
Elevation	8,520 ft (2,600 m)
Geography
Location of Calico Hills in Nevada
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Region	Black Rock Desert
District	Humboldt County and Pershing County
Range coordinates	41°05′52″N 119°15′44″W / 41.0977°N 119.2621°W / 41.0977; -119.2621Coordinates: 41°05′52″N 119°15′44″W / 41.0977°N 119.2621°W / 41.0977; -119.2621

The Calico Hills or Calico Mountains are a mountain range in northwestern Nevada.^[1] The range runs north to south along the western edge of the Black Rock Desert. This mountain range is located in western Humboldt County and the northwestern corner of Pershing County, approximately 30 miles north of the town of Gerlach, Nevada. The best access to the Calico Hills is located from the maintained Soldier Meadows Road (Humboldt County Road 200) that forms its eastern boundary.

Most of the mountain range is divided into two federally designated wilderness areas. It is part of the Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area. The Calico Mountains Wilderness is the southern end of the range. It contains many brightly colored geologic formations. Elevations in the wilderness range from 3,950 feet to 8,520 feet at Donnelly Peak.^[2]^[3]

The northwestern arm of the Black Rock Desert and Pahute Peak in the Black Rock Range lie to the east and the Granite Range lies to the southwest. The High Rock Lake Wilderness is part of the northern end of the Calico Hills.^[4]

References

↑ "Calico Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
↑ "Donnelly Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
↑ About the Calico Mountains Wilderness, Friends of Black rock
↑ Atlas and Gazeteer: Nevada, Delorme, 8th ed 2012, pp. 18-19 and 26-27 ISBN 0-89933-334-6

External links

"Calico Mountains". Peakbagger.com.

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 Mtns Kamma Mtns 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 High Power Rocketry Land sailing Mining Rockhounding

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