Turtlehead Mountain

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Turtlehead Mountain
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South aspect
Highest point
Elevation 6,323 ft (1,927 m) [1] [2]
Prominence 623 ft (190 m) [2]
Isolation 1.94 mi (3.12 km) [2]
Coordinates 36°10′49″N115°26′45″W / 36.1803262°N 115.4457421°W / 36.1803262; -115.4457421 [3]
Geography
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Turtlehead Mountain
Location in Nevada
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Turtlehead Mountain
Turtlehead Mountain (the United States)
CountryUnited States
State Nevada
County Clark
Protected area La Madre Mountains Wilderness [1]
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Parent range Spring Mountains [1]
Great Basin Ranges
Topo map USGS La Madre Mountain
Geology
Rock age Paleozoic
Rock type Limestone [4]
Climbing
Easiest route class 2 hiking [2]

Turtlehead Mountain is a 6,323-foot-elevation (1,927-meter) summit in Clark County, Nevada, United States.

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Description

Turtlehead Mountain, also known as Turtlehead Peak, is located 17 miles (27 km) west of downtown Las Vegas in the Spring Mountains which are a subrange of the Great Basin Ranges. It is set on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management as the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. Turtlehead Mountain is composed of limestone which formed about 250 million years ago during the Paleozoic. [5] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into Red Rock Wash which is part of the Colorado River watershed. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 1,500 feet (457 meters) above Brownstone Basin in one mile (1.6 km). Access to the summit is via the Turtlehead Peak Trail which covers five miles and gains 2,000 feet of elevation. [6] This mountain's descriptive toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. [3]

Climate

Turtlehead Mountain is set within the Mojave Desert which has hot summers and cold winters. [7] 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 below freezing.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Turtlehead Mountain, Nevada". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Turtlehead Mountain - 6,323' NV". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  3. 1 2 "Turtlehead Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  4. ↑ Brian Beffort, Afoot and Afield: Las Vegas and Southern Nevada, Wilderness Press, 2010, ISBN   9780899976518, p. 35.
  5. ↑ Geology Highlights, Southern Nevada Conservancy, Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  6. ↑ Crystal Wood, Explorer's Guide Las Vegas: A Great Destination, The Countryman Press, 2010, ISBN   9781581570755, p. 190.
  7. ↑ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN   1027-5606.
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