Meeker Peak | |
Elevation Ft: | 8768 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] |
Prominence Ft: | 1128 |
Prominence Ref: | [2] |
Range: | Worthington Mountains Great Basin Ranges |
Isolation Mi: | 5.28 |
Isolation Ref: | [3] |
Parent Peak: | Peak 8861 |
Location: | Basin and Range National Monument |
Country: | United States of America |
State: | Nevada |
Region: | Lincoln |
Region Type: | County |
Map: | Nevada#USA |
Map Size: | 220 |
Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | 37.8241°N -115.5998°W |
Coordinates Ref: | [4] |
Topo: | USGS Meeker Peak |
Rock: | Limestone |
Meeker Peak is an 8768adj=midNaNadj=mid mountain summit located in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.
Meeker Peak is the third-highest summit in the Worthington Mountains which are a subset of the Great Basin Ranges. This remote peak is set in the Basin and Range National Monument on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It is situated in the Worthington Mountains Wilderness, 6.5miles south of Worthington Peak, 105miles north of Las Vegas, and northeast of Nellis Air Force Base Complex. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2500abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Garden Valley in one mile, and 3900abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Sand Springs Valley in three miles. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.[4]
Meeker Peak is set in the Great Basin Desert which has hot summers and cold winters.[5] The desert is an example of a cold desert climate as the desert's elevation makes temperatures cooler than lower elevation deserts. Due to the high elevation and aridity, temperatures drop sharply after sunset. Summer nights are comfortably cool. Winter highs are generally above freezing, and winter nights are bitterly cold, with temperatures often dropping well below freezing.