| Mount Jefferson | |
| Elevation Ft: | 11946 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 5861 |
| Location: | Nye County, Nevada, U.S. |
| Range: | Toquima Range |
| Map: | Nevada |
| Map Size: | 180 |
| Coordinates: | 38.752°N -116.9268°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [2] |
| Topo: | USGS Mount Jefferson |
| 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 [3] |
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.[4] 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 5861feet. This makes it the most prominent peak in Nye County and the third most prominent peak in Nevada (after Charleston Peak and Wheeler Peak).[5] For similar reasons, it is also the highest mountain for over 90 miles in all directions.[1] It is located about 50miles 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 11820feet,[6] Middle Summit to 11692feet,[7] and South Summit to 11949feet.[2] During the Pleistocene, alpine glaciers eroded several cirques east of the summit plateau.