Rattlesnake Mountain (Elko County, Nevada)

Rattlesnake Mountain is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] The elevation is 8,524 feet (2,598 m).[1]

Rattlesnake Mountain was so named on account of rattlesnakes near the summit.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rattlesnake Mountain
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 27.


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