Wassuk Range

Wassuk Range and Walker Lake

The Wassuk Range is located in west-central Nevada in the United States. It is found to the west of Walker Lake in Mineral County.

The mountains reach an elevation of 11,239 feet (34,25 m) at Mount Grant, approximately eight miles northwest of Hawthorne. The mountains lie in a north-south direction west of Highway 95, and cover an area of 1,170 km² (451 sq mi).

They form one side of the Mason Valley.

References

Biological Resources Research Center -
Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, 2001, pg. 51

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