Jobs Peak (;

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: Wangikudak) located in

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, is the most prominent peak visible from the

Carson Valley Douglas County is a county in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,488. Its county seat is Minden. Douglas County comprises the Gardnerville Ranchos, NV Micropolitan Statistical Area ...

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. The peak offers

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and

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with the view of

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. It is in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The mountain is named for Moses Job who opened a store in nearby Sheridan, Nevada in the early 1850s.

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File:Carson Valley.jpg, Jobs Peak (center), Jobs Sister, and Freel Peak rise above Carson Valley File:Jobs Peak.jpg, Jobs Peak seen from Jobs Sister File:Jobs Sister and Jobs Peak.jpg, Jobs Sister (left) and Jobs Peak (right of center) seen from Freel Peak

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