New Pass Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in Nevada, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox mountain  | name = New Pass Range | native_name = | other_name =  | etymology =  | image = | image_caption =  | country = United States | state = Nevada | region = | district = Lander County and Churchill County | district_type= Counties | topo_map = New Pass Peak | topo_maker = USGS  | borders_on =  | range_coordinates = {{coord|39|41|19|N|117|28|25|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | highest = New Pass Peak<ref name=Edwards>''Edwards Creek Valley, Nevada,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983</ref> | elevation_m = 2744 | coordinates = {{coord|39|38|48|N|117|29|07|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline}} | length_mi = 16 | length_orientation = North-south | width_mi = | width_orientation = | area_mi2 =  | geology = | orogeny = | age =  | map = Nevada | map_caption = Location of New Pass Range in Nevada<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|id=842446|name=New Pass Range|accessdate=2009-05-04}}</ref> }} The '''New Pass Range''' is a mountain range in Lander and Churchill counties of Nevada.<ref name="gnis"/><ref name=Edwards/> The range is a north-south trending range which straddles the Lander-Churchill county boundary for about {{convert|16|mi}}. The highest peak, New Pass Peak, has an elevation of {{convert|9003|ft}}.<ref name=Edwards/> US Route 50 crosses New Pass Summit on the south end of the range between Austin to the east and Fallon on to the west.<ref name=DeLorme>''Nevada Atlas and Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 8th ed. 2012, pp. 37 and 45 {{ISBN|978-0-89933-334-2}}</ref> The range was named from an early settler's belief that his route through the mountains was a "new pass" through the area.<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=12}}</ref>

The Desatoya Mountains lie to the southwest and the Clan Alpine Mountains to the west. To the north is the Augusta Mountains with Antelope Valley to the northeast. To the east is Ravenswood Mountain at the south end of the Shoshone Range and Nevada State Route 305. To the southeast across the Reese River Valley is Austin at the north end of the Toiyabe Range.<ref name=DeLorme/> left|thumb|New Pass Range as viewed from New Pass Peak

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Category:Mountain ranges of Nevada Category:Mountain ranges of Churchill County, Nevada Category:Mountain ranges of Lander County, Nevada