Quinn Peak is the highest

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in the Jackson Mountains of Humboldt County in

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, United States. It is the most

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peak in Humboldt County and ranks tenth among the most topographically prominent peaks in Nevada. The peak is on public land administered by the

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and thus has no access restrictions.

Dan Dobbins Peak

A variant name of the peak is "Dan Dobbins Peak". The peak register dated 10-8-88 states "Named after Dan Dobbins a young mother lode chapter climber & inspiring leader who was killed in a truck accident in 1978". On November 21, 1978, a 24-year-old Sacramento man name Daniel Dobbins was killed while driving a van near San Juan Bautista. In 1986, the Motherload Chapter of the

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awarded a Dan Dobbins Youth Award.

References

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