The Santa Rosa Range is a mountain range in Humboldt County, Nevada, United States. Most of the range is included within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The highest peaks in the range are Granite Peak (9732 feet, 2966 m) and Santa Rosa Peak (9701 feet, 2957 m). The range extends for approximately 75 miles (120 km) north from Winnemucca Mountain near Winnemucca through eastern Humboldt County to the border with Oregon. The upper elevations of the southern section of the range are protected as the Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness Area.

Santa Rosa Range
Santa Rosa Range is located in Nevada
Santa Rosa Range
Santa Rosa Range
location of Santa Rosa Range in Nevada[1]
Highest point
PeakGranite Peak
Elevation2,966 m (9,731 ft)
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
DistrictHumboldt County
Range coordinates41°27′25.632″N 117°41′0.479″W / 41.45712000°N 117.68346639°W / 41.45712000; -117.68346639
Topo mapUSGS Five Fingers

The eastern side of the range is a ranching district around Paradise Valley, drained by the Little Humboldt River, a tributary of the Humboldt. The Quinn River Valley is west of the range. The Owyhee Desert on the edge of the Columbia Plateau extends northeast from the north end of the range.

The range was so named on account of wild roses which grow in the area.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Santa Rosa Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  2. ^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 38.
The southern section of the Santa Rosa Range