Jarbidge Mountains

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| name = Jarbidge Mountains

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| photo = 2013-07-12 17 10 07 View of the Jarbidge Mountains from Copper Mountain in Nevada.jpg

| photo_caption = View of the central Jarbidge Mountains from Copper Mountain

| country = United States

| state = Nevada

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| district = Elko County

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| range_coordinates = {{coord|41|47|28.662|N|115|30|30.261|W|type:mountain_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| highest = Matterhorn

| elevation_m = 3303

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| map = Nevada

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| map_caption = Location of Jarbidge Mountains in Nevada

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The Jarbidge Mountains are a mountain range in northern Elko County, Nevada, United States. The range includes multiple sub-ranges, including the Bruneau Range, Buck Creek Mountains, Copper Mountains, Elk Mountains, Fox Creek Range, Ichabod Range, Marys River Range, Salmon River Range and Wild Horse Range.{{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=13314|title=Jarbidge Mountains - Peakbagger.com|accessdate=August 10, 2013}} The central core of the range, including most of the peaks above {{convert|10500|ft}}, extends southward approximately {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} from a point near the small community of Jarbidge.

The central core of the Jarbidge Mountains, along with the Elk Mountains, Fox Creek Range and Marys River Range, are contained within the Jarbidge Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The central Jarbidge Mountains and Marys River Range are also included within the Jarbidge Wilderness. Most of the other sub-ranges west of the central core are included within the Mountain City Ranger District. The Salmon River Range is the only sub-range not included within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.

File:Jarbidge_mtns.jpg

File:Jarbidge Mountains scene.jpg

The highest peaks in the range include:

• Matterhorn Peak {{convert|10,838|ft}}.{{cite peakbagger |rid=13314 |name=Jarbidge Mountains}}
• Jarbidge Peak {{convert|10793|ft}}
• Square Top Mountain {{convert|10694|ft}}
• Jumbo Peak {{convert|10635|ft}}
• Marys River Peak {{convert|10570|ft}} (two miles south-southeast of the main crest in the Marys River Range)
• Cougar Peak {{convert|10559|ft}}
• Prospect Peak {{convert|10439|ft}} (one mile east of the main crest)
• God's Pocket Peak {{convert|10185|ft}} (four miles east of the main crest in the Marys River Range)

"Jarbidge" is a name derived from the Shoshone language meaning "devil".{{cite book|last=Nestor|first=Sandy|title=Indian Placenames in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LREkCQAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA104|date=29 November 2004|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-7167-6|page=104}} Indians believed the hills were haunted.{{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=25}}