Fox Range

Fox Range
Location of Fox Range in Nevada ^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]
Highest point
Peak	Pah-Rum Peak
Elevation	2,319 m (7,608 ft) ^[1]
Coordinates	40°23′26″N 119°34′32″W / 40.39056°N 119.57556°W / 40.39056; -119.57556
Dimensions
Length	24 mi (39 km) N_S ^[5]
Width	9 mi (14 km) E-W ^[5]
Area	150 sq mi (390 km²) ^[5]
Geography
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Region	Black Rock Desert
District	Washoe County
Range coordinates	40°26′12″N 119°34′07″W / 40.4368°N 119.5685°W / 40.4368; -119.5685Coordinates: 40°26′12″N 119°34′07″W / 40.4368°N 119.5685°W / 40.4368; -119.5685
Topo map	USGS Pah-Rum Peak

The Fox Range is a mountain range in east central Washoe County, Nevada.^[2]

Gerlach, Black Rock Desert and the Granite Range lie to the north and northeast. The Selenite Range is to the east beyond the San Emidio Desert and Poito Valley. The Lake Range lies to the southeast and Pyramid Lake is to the south. The Smoke Creek Desert is to the west. The Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation occupies the southern third of the range.^[3]^[4]

References

1 2 Pah-Rum Peak, Nevada 7.5 minute Quad, USGS, 1990
1 2 "Fox Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
1 2 Kumiva Peak, Nevada, 30x60 minute topographic quad., USGS, 1984
1 2 Gerlach, Nevada, 30x60 minute topographic quad., USGS, 1981
1 2 3 Measured from Kumiva Peak and Gerlach, NV 30x60 USGS quads

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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