Mount Jefferson

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Mount Jefferson the third Highest Mountain in Nevada is the high point of the Toquima Range in north-central Nye County, in central Nevada in the western United States. It is located about 50 miles north of the community of Tonopah. Three distinct summits are located on a broad area of subalpine tundra: North Summit rises to 11,814 feet (3,601 m), Middle Summit to 11,686 feet (3,562 m), and South Summit to 11,949 feet (3,639 m). During the Pleistocene, alpine glaciers eroded several cirques east of the summit plateau. The higher elevations of this section of the Toquima Range are protected as the Alta Toquima Wilderness Area.

As the high point of a range which is well separated from other ranges by low basins, Mount Jefferson has a particularly high topographic prominence of 5,871 ft (1,790 m). This is the third greatest prominence in Nevada (after Charleston Peak and Wheeler Peak), and the 28th highest in the contiguous United States. Its like you are in a flight above Nevada. like you have paid the airfare nevada.