{{Short description|Mountain in Nevada, United States}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Gass Peak | image = File:Gass Peak 1.jpg | image_caption = Gass Peak from Las Vegas | elevation_ft = 6937 | elevation_ref = | prominence_ft = 2043 | prominence_ref = | listing = | location = Clark County, Nevada, U.S. | range = Las Vegas Range | parent_peak = | coordinates = {{coord|36.400521|N|115.18045|W|region:US-NV_type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | topo = USGS Gass Peak | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = }}
'''Gass Peak''' is the highest peak in the Las Vegas Range of Southern Nevada with a summit of 6,937 feet (2,114 m).<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ramelli|first1=Alan|title=Geologic map of the Gass Peak SW quadrangle, Clark County, Nevada|url=https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70044308|website=USGS|publisher=University of Nevada, Reno|accessdate=27 March 2017}}</ref> It is easily seen to the north of the Las Vegas Valley, bordering the city of North Las Vegas. The peak is located about 20 miles (32 km) north of Las Vegas and is within the Desert National Wildlife Refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.<ref name="fws">{{cite web|url=http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Desert/map.html|title=Refuge Map - Desert - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|publisher=fws.gov|accessdate=2016-01-29}}</ref>
A communications tower with solar panels has been built at the top of the peak.
==Etymology== Gass Peak is named for Octavius Decatur Gass (1828–1924), an early settler and prominent rancher of Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://dwgateway.library.unr.edu/keck/histtopoNV/Origin_of_Place_Names_Files/1941NevadaOriginofNames-pt1.pdf | title=Origin of Place Names: Nevada | publisher=W.P.A. | author=Federal Writers' Project | year=1941 | pages=15}}</ref>
==History== On November 26, 2019, a Cirrus SR22 crashed into the summit of Gass Peak, and all three passengers aboard the plane were killed. Recovery efforts were initiated the following day, but due to poor weather conditions they were called off. It was later determined that the cause of the accident was due to the pilot's inability to see the peak during sunset; when the crash occurred.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/aircraft-reportedly-crashes-near-decatur-iron-mountain-in-northwest-valley/|title=Authorities suspend recovery efforts for plane that crash near Gass Peak due to weather|website=KLAS-TV|date=27 November 2019|accessdate=28 September 2021}}</ref>
==Hiking and recreation== Gass Peak is accessible by the public and the most common access is via Corn Creek Road off U.S. Route 95, northwest of Las Vegas, then to the Mormon Well Road and Gass Peak Road dirt roads.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.birdandhike.com/Hike/DNWR/Roads_DNWR/Road_Gass/_Gass_Rd.htm|title=Gass Peak Road|website=www.birdandhike.com}}</ref> Campsites and parking corrals are located along the roads and at trailheads.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.birdandhike.com/Hike/DNWR/Gass_Peak/_Gass_Peak.htm|title=Gass Peak Route|website=www.birdandhike.com}}</ref> Hiking trails are not maintained.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.birdandhike.com/Hike/DNWR/Gass_Peak/Gass_Peak-down.htm|title=Gass Peak Route -- The Descent|website=www.birdandhike.com}}</ref> On the peak, mountains in Nye County, Lincoln County, Utah, Arizona, and California are all visible in the distance.
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Gass Peak, Las Vegas Range, Near Las Vegas, Nevada (14203698665).jpg|Gass Peak viewed from above File:Las Vegas Range from Cannery 1.jpg|Gass Peak covered in snow File:Copy of Solar Panels on Gass Peak.jpg|Sunrise viewed looking east atop Gass Peak </gallery>
==See also== * Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
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Category:Mountains of Nevada Category:Mountains of Clark County, Nevada