Geology

Table Mountain

Nye County, NV

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Namesake high volcanic tableland (~10,000 ft average) at the core of the 92,600-acre Table Mountain Wilderness in the Monitor Range. One of the Great Basin's rare flat-topped range crests — extensive aspen, open grasslands, and long plateau walks on Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, with major mule deer and elk summer range and trout streams off the flanks.

Field facts

RegionNye County, NV
Coordinates38.7724, -116.5845
WildernessTable Mountain Wilderness (1989)
Plateau elev.~10,000 ft tableland
AccessDirt road trailheads (Barley Creek, Mosquito Creek, etc.)
LandHumboldt-Toiyabe NF — Austin-Tonopah RD

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