Mount Jefferson (Nevada)

{{short description|Mountain in Nevada, United States}}

{{for|other mountains named Mount Jefferson|List of peaks named Mount Jefferson}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Jefferson

| photo = 2015-05-04 12 00 03 View of Mount Jefferson, Nevada from the junction of Nevada State Route 376 and Round Mountain Road.JPG

| photo_caption = View of the South Summit of Mt. Jefferson from SR 376 near Round Mountain

| elevation_ft = 11946

| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=3501 |name=Mount Jefferson, Nevada |access-date=2013-01-19}}

| prominence_ft = 5861

| prominence_ref =

| listing = {{unbulleted list

| US most prominent peaks 71st

| Nevada County High Points 3rd{{cite peakbagger |lid=13205 |title=Nevada County High Points |access-date=2016-04-01}}

}}

| location = Nye County, Nevada, U.S.

| range = Toquima Range

| map = Nevada

| map_caption = Nevada

| map_size = 180

| label =

| coordinates = {{coord|38.751965453|N|116.926777789|W|type:mountain_region:US-NV_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates_ref = {{cite ngs |id=JQ0584 |name=Jeff |accessdate=2008-11-22}}

| topo = USGS Mount Jefferson

| first_ascent =

| easiest_route = From Jefferson Summit near Meadow Canyon, a four-wheel drive road leads north to a trail which ascends directly to the Mount Jefferson South Summit, Hide {{YDS|1}}{{cite summitpost |id=152145 |name=Mount Jefferson |accessdate=2014-11-12}}

}}

Mount Jefferson is the highest mountain in both the Toquima Range and Nye County in Nevada, United States. It is the sixth highest mountain in the state.{{cite peakbagger |lid=21324 |name=Nevada 11,000-foot Peaks |access-date=2014-10-22}} As the high point of a range which is well separated from other ranges by low basins, Mount Jefferson has a high topographic prominence of {{convert|5861|ft|0}}. This makes it the most prominent peak in Nye County and the third most prominent peak in Nevada (after Charleston Peak and Wheeler Peak).{{cite peakbagger |lid=41313 |name=Nevada Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence |access-date=2014-10-23}} For similar reasons, it is also the highest mountain for over 90 miles in all directions. It is located about {{convert|50|mi|0}} northeast of the county seat of Tonopah within the Alta Toquima Wilderness of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, near the smaller towns of Carvers and Round Mountain. Three distinct summits are located on a broad area of subalpine tundra: North Summit rises to {{convert|11,820|ft|0}},{{cite peakbagger |pid=3498 |name=Mount Jefferson-North Summit, Nevada |access-date=2014-01-27}} Middle Summit to {{convert|11,692|ft|0}},{{cite peakbagger |pid=3499 |name=Mount Jefferson-Middle Summit, Nevada |access-date=2014-01-27}} and South Summit to {{convert|11949|ft|0}}. During the Pleistocene, alpine glaciers eroded several cirques east of the summit plateau.

{{wide image|2014-10-19 13 14 54 Full 360 degree panorama from the edges of the south summit of Mount Jefferson, Nevada.jpg|1500px|align-cap=center|360-degree panorama from Mount Jefferson's South Summit|alt=Mount Jefferson view}}