The Seaman Range is a 30-mile (48 km) long
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
in
Lincoln and
Nye counties,
Nevada
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, in the
western United States
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.
The range lies at the south perimeter of the large north-trending White River Valley, along with
Coal Valley to its west. The eastern side of the mountain range forces the south-flowing
White River to course southeast, south, and then south-southwesterly, towards
Hiko
Hiko may refer to:
* Hiko, Nevada
* the male or gender neutral version of Hime
* Hiko (juggling), juggling in Tongan dance, see Ula (dance)
* Mount Hiko in Japan
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and the Key Pittman Wildlife Management Area.
The central-south of the range is anchored by the Timber Mountain
massif
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and on its southeast creates the White River Narrows. The
Weepah Spring Wilderness
Weepah Spring Wilderness is a wilderness area in Lincoln and Nye Counties, in the U.S. state of Nevada. The Wilderness lies approximately north of the town of Alamo and is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.[massif
In geology, a massif ( or ) is a section of a planet's crust that is demarcated by faults or flexures. In the movement of the crust, a massif tends to retain its internal structure while being displaced as a whole. The term also refers to a ...]
of Timber Mountain at
[DeLorme Atlas, p. 62.] anchors the range center. The entire south section, about 20 mi long trends south-southwesterly. Coincidentally, for this region, the following ranges, valleys, and rivercourses show this
parallelism trend, part of the
Basin and Range: the list from west to east are:
Golden Gate Range
The Golden Gate Range is a mountain range in northwest Lincoln, and eastern Nye counties Nevada.''Timpaute Range, Nevada,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1988''Quinn Canyon Range, Nevada,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, ...
, Coal Valley, Seaman Range, section of the White River,
Delamar Valley and
Dry Lake Valley,
Burnt Springs Range,
Delamar Mountains
The Delamar Mountains are a mountain range in Lincoln County, Nevada, named after Captain Joseph Raphael De Lamar. The range extends for approximately in a NNE–SSW orientation with a width of about . Surrounding ranges include the Burnt Spri ...
, and in the east, section of
Meadow Valley Wash.
Access
Nevada State Route 318
State Route 318 (SR 318) is a state highway in eastern Nevada. It is often used as a shortcut for long-distance traffic along U.S. Route 93, bypassing the longer and less direct route U.S. Route 93 follows between Ely and Crystal Springs. The h ...
traverses the southeast, east, and part of the northeast of the range. It follows the course of the White River, from
Hiko
Hiko may refer to:
* Hiko, Nevada
* the male or gender neutral version of Hime
* Hiko (juggling), juggling in Tongan dance, see Ula (dance)
* Mount Hiko in Japan
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and
Crystal Springs, about 20 miles south of Timber Mountain. Route 318 continues north into the east side of White River Valley, reaching
Lund, about 50 mi distant.
Unimproved dirt road Seaman Wash Road at the southwest range perimeter, accesses the center-south of Coal Valley, and the Coal Valley Reservoir, at dissected land or
saltflats. Other unimproved roads from eastern Coal Valley or Seaman Wash Road access the west, southwest, and northwest of the range.
References
External links
Timber Mountain, mountainzone (coordinates)
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Mountain ranges of Lincoln County, Nevada
Mountain ranges of Nye County, Nevada
Mountain ranges of Nevada