Bull Run Mountains (Nevada)

For other uses, see Bull Run (disambiguation).

Bull Run Mountains
Bull Run Mountains viewed from the Independence Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Porter Peak
Elevation	2,791 m (9,157 ft)
Geography
Bull Run Mountains Location of Bull Run Mountains in Nevada[1]
Country	United States
State	Nevada
District	Elko County
Range coordinates	41°50′7.644″N 116°8′38.350″W
Topo map	USGS Dry Creek Reservoir

The Bull Run Mountains is a mountain range in Elko County, Nevada, United States. Much of the range is contained within the Mountain City Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Porter Peak, at 9,157 feet (2,791 m) is the highest point of the range.[2]

The range was named in commemoration of the Battle of Bull Run, in the American Civil War.[3]

References

1. "Bull Run Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
2. "Porter Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
3. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 22.

External links

• Media related to Bull Run Mountains (Nevada) at Wikimedia Commons