Groom Range

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| name = Groom Range

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| photo = GroomRange1.JPG

| photo_caption =A portion of Groom Range with highest peak in the center.

| country = United States

| state = Nevada

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| district = Lincoln County

| topo_map = Groom Range

| topo_maker = USGS

| location = Part of the Nevada Test and Training Range

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| range_coordinates = {{coord|37|26|59.837|N|115|44|5.115|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| elevation_m = 2819

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| map = Nevada

| map_size = 220

| map_caption = Location of Groom Range in Nevada{{cite gnis|id=845497|name=Groom Range|accessdate=2009-05-04}}

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The Groom Range is a mountain range in Lincoln County, Nevada. The range was renamed from Naquinta Mountains or Tequima Range in 1864, after Bob Groom, who discovered minerals in the range.{{cite book|author=Phil Patton|title=Dreamland: Travels Inside the Secret World of Roswell and Area 51|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WM6IxZvr0E4C&pg=PT80|date=31 October 2012|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-307-82860-6|pages=80–81}} It is located within the Nevada Test and Training Range, north of Groom Lake. The highest point in the Groom Range is 9,249 feet. The Groom Range is situated 26.6 miles north of the dry Groom Lake.

File:F22 Area51.jpg is in the foreground, with the Groom Range in the background on the upper right.]]