Mount Davidson
Mount Davidson is both the highest and most topographically prominent mountain in both Storey County, Nevada, and the Virginia Range. The mountain forms a backdrop for the mining boomtown of Virginia City which was built above the Comstock Lode silver strike.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 7,838 feet
- Description: mountain in United States of America
- Also known as: “Mount Pleasant”, “Mt. Davidson”, “Pleasant Hill”, “Sun Mountain”, “Sun Peak”, and “Sunrise Peak”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Virginia City Historic District.
Virginia City Historic District
Historic site
Virginia City Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the former mining villages of Virginia City and Gold Hill, both in Storey County, as well as Dayton and Silver City, both to the south in adjacent Lyon County, Nevada, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Virginia City and Gold Hill.
Virginia City
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Virginia City is a small Old West town south of Reno on highway 341, in Storey County, Western Nevada.
Gold Hill
Hamlet
Gold Hill is an unincorporated community in Storey County, Nevada, United States, located just south and downhill of Virginia City.
Silver City
Hamlet
Photo: Rick Cooper, CC BY 2.0.
Silver City is a Census Designated Place and small residential community in Lyon County, Nevada, USA, near the Lyon/Carson border. The population as of the 2020 census was 155.
Mount Davidson
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Storey, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.30825° or 39° 18′ 30″ northLongitude
-119.66324° or 119° 39′ 48″ westElevation
7,838 feet (2,389 metres)Open location code
85F2885P+7POpenStreetMap ID
node 357555519OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Mount Davidson” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Davidson (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Nevada)”
- Cebuano: “Mount Davidson”
- Dutch: “Mount Davidson”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت ديڤيدسون (امريكا)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت ديڤيدسون”
- Ladin: “Mount Davidson”
- Spanish: “Monte Davidson”
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