Virgin Mountains

The Virgin Mountains are a mountain range of the northeastern Mojave Desert, located in Clark County, southeastern Nevada and Mohave County, northwestern Arizona.

Virgin Mountains
Virgin Mountains seen from the Northshore Drive along Lake Mead
Highest point
Peak	Virgin Peak
Elevation	7,946 ft (2,422 m)[1]
Coordinates	36°36′10″N 114°06′42″W
Dimensions
Area	116 sq mi (300 km2)[citation needed]
Geography
Country	United States
States	Nevada Arizona

Geography

Historical (1928) photo of the southern Virgin Mountains and Grand Wash

Virgin Peak, at 7,946 feet (2,422 m) in elevation, is the highest point in the range. The range is northeast of Lake Mead, and around 15 miles (24 km) south of the Nevada town of Mesquite.

Hydrologically, the range is located in the Lower Colorado—Lake Mead watershed. (USGS Huc 1501),^[2]

Virgin Range Panorama (Southeast)

91.6% of the range is managed by the Bureau of Land Management, with a section of the Virgin Peak area designated within the BLM Virgin Mountain Natural Area.^[3]

Natural history

The range has many species of lizards, as well as the Panamint rattlesnake and glossy snake. Trees found in the range include Single-leaf pinyon pine (Pinus monophylla), Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica), White fir (Abies concolor), Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), and Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma), and Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum). The range has one endemic species of stick insect, Timema nevadense.^[4]

See also

• Virgin Valley
• Virgin River
• Virgin River Gorge
• Virgin River Narrows
• South Virgin Mountains