The Pilot Range is a mountain range straddling the border of Box Elder County , Utah and Elko County , Nevada , United States . Lying 50 miles west of the Great Salt Lake , the range forms part of the north-west border of the Great Salt Lake Desert . The range reaches a maximum elevation of 10,716 feet at the summit of Pilot Peak . Most of the range is public Bureau of Land Management land and thus has no access restrictions. Its principal uses are mining , livestock grazing , and seasonal elk and deer hunting.
3-425: The Pilot Range begins about 15 miles (24 km) north of the community of West Wendover , and continues north-northeastwards for approximately 30 miles (48 km). The abandoned railroad town of Lucin, Utah lies two miles north-east. The range runs SSW to NNE, with various canyons spurring east and west off a prominent ridgeline. It covers an area of about 51,200 acres (20,700 ha). Elevation varies from
6-476: A base of 5,000 feet (1,500 m) feet to 10,716 foot (3,266 m) Pilot Peak . Other significant summits in the range are Copper Mountain, Bald Eagle Mountain, and Rhyolite Butte. To the east of the range lie Pilot Valley Playa and its springs; beyond that the Silver Island Mountains , and the north section of Pilot Creek Valley to the west. Several fresh and salty springs flow from
9-425: The base of the alluvial fans at the base of the range. The largest is Bettridge Creek, a habitat for the threatened Lahontan cutthroat trout . Vegetation varies from Engelmann Spruce and Limber Pine in the highest elevations, pinyon pine , mountain mahogany , and juniper in the middle elevations, sagebrush and grass in the south-face slopes and ridge-tops, and rabbitbrush , grass, and greasewood in
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