Rattlesnake Hill (Churchill County, Nevada)

Rattlesnake Hill is a summit in the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] The elevation is 4,163 feet (1,269 m).[1]

Rattlesnake Hill was so named on account of rattlesnakes on and around the summit.[2]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rattlesnake Hill
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 12.


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