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Nevada State Route 447. State Route 447 ( SR 447) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Nevada. The highway is almost entirely within Washoe County but does for a brief time enter Pershing County, Nevada. [2] The highway connects the town of Gerlach to the remainder of the state via Wadsworth. Though passing through extremely remote and ...
Website. Official website. Lahontan State Recreation Area is a public recreation area surrounding Lake Lahontan, a 17-mile-long (27 km) impoundment of the Carson River, [4] located approximately 18 miles (29 km) west of Fallon, Nevada. [5] The reservoir features 69 miles (111 km) of shoreline and 11,200 acres (4,500 ha) of water when full. [6]
Calico Mountains Wilderness is a U S Wilderness Area in Nevada under the Bureau of Land Management. It is located in the Calico Hills. [2] [3] Rockhounding, hunting, and day-hiking are in the wilderness. Photography of geologic formations and spring wildflowers is a pastime of local visitors. Box, Fly, and Cherry Creek Canyons provide a setting ...
Black Rock Desert. District. Washoe County. Range coordinates. 40°44′28.644″N 119°23′45.677″W. / 40.74129000°N 119.39602139°W / 40.74129000; -119.39602139. Topo map. USGS Godeys Rock. The Granite Range is a mountain range in Washoe County, Nevada west of the town of Gerlach and the lower Black Rock Desert playa.
40°32′3″N 119°15′44″W. / 40.53417°N 119.26222°W / 40.53417; -119.26222. Topo map. USGS Empire. The Selenite Range is a mountain range in western Pershing County, Nevada. [ 1] The range is a north–south trending feature approximately 27 miles (43 km) long and 4 miles (6.4 km) wide. The Fox Range lies to the west across the ...
The Quinn Canyon Range is a remote group of mountains in northeastern Nye County, and western Lincoln County in central Nevada in the western United States. Adaven is the only settlement in the mountains, now abandoned. It is closely associated with the Grant Range, which connects to it at the mountain pass of Cherry Creek Summit 7,596 feet ...
Rockhounding is allowed in many Bureau of Land Management areas with no permit required. Similarly, it allows for a reasonable amount, defined as up to 25 pounds a day and 250 pounds per year, of ...
2000. Operator. Bureau of Land Management. The Black Rock Desert Wilderness is a U S Wilderness Area in Nevada under the Bureau of Land Management. It is located in the east arm of the Black Rock Desert playa east of the Black Rock Range and west of the Jackson Mountains. [2] [3] The wilderness has a land area of 314,829 acres, or 1,274.1 km².