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{{short description|Mountain in Nevada, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox mountain
| name = Arc Dome
| photo = ArcDomeNV.jpg
| photo_caption = 
| elevation = {{convert|11780|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| elevation_ref = {{NAVD88}}<ref name="ngs">{{cite ngs |pid=JQ0514 |name=Toiyabe Dome Reset |accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref>
| prominence_ft = 5213
| prominence_ref = <ref>{{cite peakbagger |pid=3492|name=Arc Dome, Nevada |access-date=2008-04-03}}</ref>
| listing = {{unbulleted list
  | [[List of the most prominent summits of the United States|U.S. most prominent peaks]] 112th
  | Desert Peaks Section List<ref>{{cite dps}}</ref>
  | Great Basin Peaks List Star peak<ref>{{cite gbpl}}</ref> }}
| location = [[Nye County, Nevada|Nye County]], [[Nevada]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| range = [[Toiyabe Range]]
| map = Nevada
| map_caption = Nevada, U.S.
| coordinates = {{coord|38.832665383|N|117.353037492|W|type:mountain_region:US-NV_scale:100000_source:NGS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates = 
| map_size = 180
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="ngs" />
| topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Arc Dome
| easiest_route = Hike along the North ridge, {{YDS|1}}
}}

'''Arc Dome''' is the highest [[mountain]] of the [[Toiyabe Range]] in northwestern [[Nye County, Nevada|Nye County]], [[Nevada]], [[United States]]. It is the thirteenth-highest mountain in the state.<ref>{{cite peakbagger |lid=21324 |name=Nevada 11,000-foot Peaks |access-date=2014-10-22}}</ref> Arc Dome also ranks as the second-most [[topographic prominence|topographically prominent]] peak in Nye County and the eighth-most prominent peak in the state.<ref>{{cite peakbagger |lid=41313 |name=Nevada Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence |access-date=2014-10-23}}</ref> The peak is located about {{convert|53|mi|km}} north of the community of [[Tonopah, Nevada|Tonopah]], within the [[Arc Dome Wilderness]] of the [[Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest]].

Arc Dome is sometimes confused with Toiyabe Dome. The fact that the summit benchmark is marked “Toiyabe Dome” only adds to this confusion. However, these are separate peaks. Toiyabe Dome at {{convert|11361|ft|m}} is about {{convert|5|mi|km}} southeast of Arc Dome, above the small community of [[Carvers, Nevada]].<ref>{{cite summitpost |id=219910 |name=Toiyabe Dome |accessdate=2011-05-15}}</ref>

[[File:Arc Dome Wilderness at Sunset (lossless crop).jpg|none|thumb|Arc Dome at sunset from Cow Canyon Trailhead]]

==See also==
* [[List of Ultras of the United States]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite gnis |id=858740 |name=Arc Dome}}
* {{cite summitpost |id=151778 |name=Arc Dome}}

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[[Category:Mountains of Nevada]]
[[Category:Landforms of Nye County, Nevada]]
[[Category:Mountains of the Great Basin]]
[[Category:Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest]]


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