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Wheeler Peak
- Easiest route
- 6.7 km+876 m · about 3 h · T1
- Prominence
- 2,305 m7,562 ft
- Isolation
- at least 200 km
- Tonight
- 21°FSnow showers · Wind 5–15 mph NE
Wheeler Peak is a 3,982 m (13,064 ft) mountain in the Snake Range, Nevada, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 3,982 m · 13,064 ft
- Range
- Snake Range
- Region
- Nevada, United States
- Protected area
- Great Basin National Park
- Coordinates
- 38.9858° N, 114.3138° W
How to get to the top of Wheeler Peak
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Summit Trailhead (trailhead)
- Distance
- 6.7 kmone way
- Climb
- +876 m(2,874 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3 h
- Difficulty
- T1Easy trail, trainers are fine
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Wheeler Peak 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 13.2 × 13.2 km
Wheeler Peak terrain and contours
100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Summit Trailhead. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Wheeler Peak weather
Tonight · Snow showers · 21°F (-6°C) · 35% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–15 mph NE
Wheeler Peak forecast for the summit, about 3,879 m.
- Tonight21°35%5–15 mph NE
- Sat18°25°4%5–15 mph ENE
- Sun22°29°–0–5 mph SSE
- Mon23°32°2%10–15 mph SSW
- Tue21°31°3%5–20 mph SW
- Wed23°30°3%5 mph SW
- Thu24°30°15%5–10 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:06 UTC.
Camping & parking near Wheeler Peak
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Wheeler Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Bristlecone Parking Area
Nearest campsite
Wheeler Peak Campground
Nearest trailhead
Summit Trailhead
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Bristlecone Parking AreaParking | 2.8 km NNE |
| Wheeler Peak CampgroundCampsite | 3.0 km NNE |
| Summit TrailheadTrailhead | 3.6 km NNE |
| Summit Trailhead ParkingParking | 3.6 km NNE |
| Lehman Creek TrailheadTrailhead | 6.0 km ENE |
| Parking | 6.0 km E |
| Baker Creek TrailheadTrailhead | 6.1 km E |
| Upper Lehman CreekCampsite | 6.1 km ENE |
| Baker Creek CampgroundCampsite | 6.4 km E |
How steep is the route to Wheeler Peak?
The easiest mapped route, 6.8 km from 3,100 m to 3,982 m. Steepest stretch: 23°.
- 0–15°5.9 km
- 15–30°0.9 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 6.6 km, measured from the Wheeler Peak summit.
Summit list 5
- 1Doso Doyabi3,891 m 1.5 km ENE
- 2Baker Peak3,748 m 2.0 km S
- 3Bald Mountain3,504 m 3.9 km N
- 4Pyramid Peak3,607 m 4.5 km SSE
- 5Buck Mountain3,332 m 4.8 km NNE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 6.6 km; 601 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Great Basin bristlecone pine414
- Quaking aspen212
- Mule Deer191
- Sky pilot164
- Parry's primrose129
- Creeping mahonia121
Where Wheeler Peak sits
- Range
- Basin and Range Province6
- Region
- Nevada19United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Sevier Lake1,380 m↑100 km E
Blue Lake↑171 km N
Little Salt Lake1,732 m↑172 km SE
Delamar Dry Lake↑193 km SSW
The Narrows1,433 m↑221 km SSE
More in the Basin and Range Province 5
Wheeler Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,980 m at the summit; the official height is 3,982 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 3,982 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 3,981 m | -1 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 3,980 m | -2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 3,974 m | -8 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 3,963 m | -19 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-02)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia