Grapevine Mountains

Grapevine Mountains
Grapevine Mountains
	Grapevine Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Grapevine Peak
Elevation	2,664 m (8,740 ft)
Geography
	Location of Grapevine Mountains along the border of California and Nevada
Country	United States
State	California and Nevada
District	Inyo County and Nye County
Range coordinates	36°57′54.778″N 117°8′57.242″W / 36.96521611°N 117.14923389°WCoordinates: 36°57′54.778″N 117°8′57.242″W / 36.96521611°N 117.14923389°W
Topo map	USGS Grapevine Peak

The Grapevine Mountains are a mountain range located along the border of Inyo County, California and Nye County, Nevada in the United States. The mountain range is about 22 miles (35 km) long and lies in a northwest-southeasterly direction along the Nevada-California state line. The range reaches an elevation of 8,738 feet (2,663 m) at Grapevine Peak, near Phinney Canyon on the Nevada side. Daylight Pass is at the southern end of the range. Most of the Grapevine Mountain chain is in Death Valley National Park.

The range was named for the wild grapes in the area.^[2]

References[]

^ "Grapevine Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
^ Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 32.

Allan, Stuart (2005). California Road and Recreation Atlas. . p. 81. ISBN 0-929591-80-1.

Grapevine Mountains

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