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Roberts Mountains
Location of the Roberts Mountains within Nevada
Highest point
PeakRoberts Creek Mountain
Elevation10,133 ft (3,089 m)
Coordinates39°52.2′N 116°18.6′W / 39.8700°N 116.3100°W / 39.8700; -116.3100
Dimensions
Length16 mi (26 km) E-W
Width14 mi (23 km) N-S
Area180 sq mi (470 km2)
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyEureka[1]
Geology
OrogenyAntler orogeny

The Roberts Mountains are located in central Nevada in the western United States. The mountains are found in Eureka County, east of the Simpson Park Mountains and west and southwest of the Sulphur Spring Range. The range reaches a peak at Roberts Creek Mountain at 10,133 feet (3,089 m).[2] Nevada State Route 278 passes the east margin of the range in Garden Valley and continues about 25 miles (40 km) southeast to Eureka.

Roberts Mountains was named after Bolivar Roberts, a division superintendent of the Pony Express.[3][4]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roberts Mountains
  2. ^ Simpson Park Mtns, 30x60 Topo Quad USGS 1979
  3. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 35.
  4. ^ Carlson, HS. 1974. Nevada Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary. University of Nevada Press

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