{{Short description|Mountain range in Nevada, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2014}} {{Infobox mountain | image=File:2022-03-24 19 40 47 UTC minus 7 View from an airplane looking north across north-central Nye County, Nevada, with the Monitor Range visible ahead, West Stone Cabin Valley below, Little Fish Lake Valley to the right and Monitor Valley to the left.jpg | image_caption=View of the Monitor Range from above, looking north | highest=Table Mountain | elevation_ft=10649 | country = United States | state = Nevada | image_map=NVMap-doton-MonitorMtns.png | map_caption=Location of the Monitor Range within Nevada | map_size=200 | range_coordinates={{Coord|38|50|N|116|35|W|type:mountain|display=inline,title}} | area_mi2=1176 | area_ref= }}
The '''Monitor Range''' is located in south-central Nevada in the United States. The range lies west and northwest of the Hot Creek Range and north of U.S. Route 6 in Nye County. It extends into the southwest corner of Eureka County at its northern end ending just south of U.S. Route 50. Tonopah is about 15 miles west of the south end of the range and Eureka lies about {{convert|20|mi}} east of the north end of the range.<ref name=DeLorme>''Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer'', DeLorme, Eighth ed., 2012, pp. 46 and 54 {{ISBN|978-089933-334-2}}</ref> Its highest point is Table Mountain at {{convert|10649|ft|m}}.
The Table Mountain Wilderness Area lies in the central part of the Monitor Range. The mountains cover an area of {{convert|3,046|km2|sqmi|order=flip}}, and lies between the Antelope Valley and the Monitor Valley at the northern end. At the southern end, the mountains lie between the Toquima Range and Stone Cabin Valley.
As the map/graphic shows, its extreme linearity is because the range is an extensive linear horst between graben (down-dropped) valleys to the east and west. The range lies amongst a series of range-valley-ranges, in south-central Nevada (mostly south of the Humboldt River). The pattern is the result of crustal extension as part of the basin and range topography of western North America.
The Forest Service is in charge of 83.6% of the mountains and the Bureau of Land Management manages 16% of the range. Pinon-juniper makes up 39.3% of the area, with Sagebrush scrub making up 24.8% of the mountains. Montane shrub accounts for 19.9%.
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Category:Mountain ranges of Nevada Category:Mountain ranges of the Great Basin Category:Mountain ranges of Nye County, Nevada Category:Mountain ranges of Eureka County, Nevada Category:Horsts (geology)