Wild places in Nevada

Mojave Desert, near Lake Mead, Nevada

A small desert of flame-colored stone, easily missed.

36.5° N · 114.5° WOpen plate →

Snake Range, near Baker, Nevada

The emptiest national park, and one of the oldest forests.

39.0° N · 114.3° WOpen plate →

Sierra Nevada / Carson Range, California / Nevada

A high blue bowl the Sierra could not quite drain.

38.9° N · 120.0° WOpen plate →

eastern Nevada, near Panaca, Nevada

A church the weather built out of lakebed.

37.8° N · 114.4° WOpen plate →

Gold Butte, northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada

A red stone that learned to be lace.

36.4° N · 114.2° WOpen plate →

Elko County, Lamoille Canyon, Nevada

An alpine range hiding in a desert state.

40.6° N · 115.5° WOpen plate →

Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation, Nevada

A desert sea with a pyramid for an island.

40.0° N · 119.6° WOpen plate →

Spring Mountains, west of Las Vegas, Nevada

Red stone the city almost hid.

36.1° N · 115.4° WOpen plate →

East Humboldt Range, Elko County, Nevada

A named tarn under Greys Peak.

41.0° N · 115.1° WOpen plate →

Toiyabe Range, Nye County, Nevada

The high point of the Toiyabe Range.

38.8° N · 117.4° WOpen plate →