Mount Wilson is a census-designated place in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.

[3] The CDP takes its name from Mount Wilson, a 9,315-foot (2,839 m) summit that rises to the east of the community and is part of the Wilson Creek Range.

The CDP is located on Mount Wilson Road, 8 miles (13 km) east of U.S. Route 93, along which it is 23 miles (37 km) south to Pioche and 84 miles (135 km) north to Ely.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Mount Wilson CDP has an area of 4.6 square miles (11.9 km2), all of it land.

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