Wheat Peak is a physical feature (summit) in Churchill County. The primary coordinates for Wheat Peak places it within the NV 89406 ZIP Code delivery area.
Feature Name: | Wheat Peak |
Category: | Nevada physical, cultural and historic features |
Feature Type: | Physical |
Class: | Summit |
Description: | On land managed by the Bureau of Land Management; the high point of the Bunejug Mountains 1.8 mi. NW of Simpson Pass, 3 mi. NE of Bass Flat; Secs 27&28,33&34, T17N, R30E, Mount Diablo Meridian |
History: | The name commemorates Margaret “Peg” Wheat (1908-1988), ethnographer, geologist, and anthropologist who recorded the traditional arts and sacred beliefs of the northern Nevada Paiute tribes. |
County: | Churchill County |
Latitude: | 39.3010226 |
Longitude: | -118.6115022 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Wheat Peak: Wheat Peak.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Wheat Peak does not include property ownership information.
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