Grapevine Mountains

{{Short description|American mountain range}}

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| name = Grapevine Mountains

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| photo = Wpdms shdrlfi020l death valley.jpg

| photo_caption =Grapevine Mountains

| country = United States

| state = California and Nevada

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| district = Inyo County and Nye County

| topo_map = Grapevine Peak

| topo_maker = USGS

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| range_coordinates = {{coord|36|57|54.778|N|117|8|57.242|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| highest = Grapevine Peak

| elevation_m = 2664

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| map = California

| map_relief = yes

| map_size = 220

| map_caption = Location of Grapevine Mountains along the border of California and Nevada{{cite gnis|id=233947|name=Grapevine Mountains|accessdate=2009-05-04}}

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The Grapevine Mountains is a mountain range located along the border of Inyo County, California and Nye County, Nevada in the United States. The mountain range is about {{convert|22|mi|km}} long and lies in a northwest-southeasterly direction along the Nevada-California state line. The range reaches an elevation of {{convert|8738|ft|m}} at Grapevine Peak, near Phinney Canyon on the Nevada side. Daylight Pass is at the southern end of the range. Most of the Grapevine Mountain chain is in Death Valley National Park.

The range was named for the wild grapes in the area.{{cite book | url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf | title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada | publisher=W.P.A. | author=Federal Writers' Project | year=1941 | pages=32}}