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Elko is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada and the county seat of Elko County. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] As of the official 2020 U.S. Census , the city has a population of 20,564. Elko serves as the center of the Ruby Valley , a region with a population of over 55,000.
This is a list of highest points in the U.S. state of Nevada, in alphabetical order by county. All elevations use the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), the currently accepted vertical control datum for United States, Canada and Mexico. Elevations are from the National Geodetic Survey when available.
Elevation: 7,510 ft (2,289 m) NAVD 88 [1] ... Elko Mountain is the tallest mountain in the Elko Hills of Elko County, in Nevada, ...
The Elko Hills are a mountain range in Elko County, in the northeastern section of the state of Nevada in the Great Basin region of the western United States. Elko Mountain, the range high-point, and Grindstone Mountain are the range's only named summits. Elko Mountain viewed from downtown Elko, Nevada with the Humboldt River in the foreground
The only significant community on the reservation is Owyhee, Nevada, at an elevation of 5,400 feet (1,650 m) above sea level. Owyhee is nearly equidistant from the two nearest major cities: 98 miles (158 km) north of Elko, Nevada, the county seat of the county by that name; and 97 miles (156 km) south of Mountain Home, Idaho. [4]
The Ivanhoe is a mining district in Elko County, Nevada, US. It is located in the Butte Creek Range, 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Midas, and 30 miles (48 km) north-northeast of Battle Mountain. [1] It is situated at an elevation of 6,099 feet (1,859 m) above sea level.
Elko County is the fourth-largest county by area in the contiguous United States, ranking lower when the boroughs of Alaska are included. It is one of only 10 counties in the U.S. with more than 10,000 square miles (25,900 km 2) of area. Elko County is the second-largest county by area in Nevada, with only Nye County being larger.
Located northwest and north of Elko, Nevada, it runs generally north-south for about 80 miles (130 km), and has an area of about 314 square miles (813 km 2). Its highest point is an unnamed summit of 8,134 feet (2,479 m) and the named peaks include Sherman Peak (7,522 feet (2,293 m)), Twin Peaks (East and West, 7,475 feet (2,278 m) and 7,472 ...