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Mount Grant
2015-04-29 15 55 39 View of Mount Grant, Nevada from the northwest side of Walker Lake color altered.jpg
Mount Grant, with Walker Lake in the foreground
Highest point
Elevation 11,285 ft (3,440 m) NAVD 88
Prominence 3,920 ft (1,195 m)
Listing Nevada County High Points 7th
Geography
Mount Grant is located in Nevada
Mount Grant
Mount Grant
Location in Nevada
Location Mineral County, Nevada, U.S.
Parent range Wassuk Range
Topo map USGS MOUNT GRANT

Mount Grant is both the highest and most topographically prominent mountain in both the Wassuk Range and Mineral County in Nevada, United States. It ranks thirteenth among the most topographically prominent peaks in the state. The peak is located within the Hawthorne Army Depot, resulting in very limited public access.

Mount Grant was named after Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), general of the Union during the American Civil War and afterward 18th President of the United States.

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