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Humboldt River. The Humboldt River is an extensive river drainage system located in north-central Nevada. It extends in a general east-to-west direction from its headwaters in the Jarbidge, Independence, and Ruby Mountains in Elko County, to its terminus in the Humboldt Sink, approximately 225 miles (362 km) away in northwest Churchill County. [4]
Palisade Canyon. Coordinates: 40°34′51″N 116°19′12″W. The Feather River Route and First transcontinental railroad in Palisade Canyon are on opposite sides of the Humboldt River, 2008. Palisade Canyon is a canyon along the Humboldt River in northern Eureka County, Nevada, United States. [1]
Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest. Interactive map of Toiyabe National Forest. The Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest (HTNF) is the principal U.S. National Forest in the U.S. state of Nevada, and has a smaller portion in Eastern California. With an area of 6,289,821 acres (25,454.00 km 2), it is the largest U.S. National Forest outside of Alaska.
Lovelock lies in the Humboldt River Basin, very near the terminus of the river. Some 20 miles outside the town is the Lovelock Native Cave , a horseshoe-shaped cave of about 35 ft width (11 m) and 150 ft length (46 m) where Northern Paiute natives anciently deposited a number of duck decoys and other artifacts.
Map of the Carson, Truckee, Humboldt River drainage system western Nevada. The annual rainfall in the Forty mile desert is only 5 inches (13 cm) [93] It was one of the most dreaded sections of the California Trail, as emigrants reached it just when they were often weak, tired, and nearly out of food. They were also often suffering from scurvy ...
Official name. Humboldt Wells. Reference no. 45. Wells is a small city in Elko County, in northeast Nevada in the western United States. The population was 1,292 at the 2010 census. Wells is located at the junction of Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 93, approximately 50 miles (80 km) east of Elko and is part of the Elko micropolitan area.
The 1982 Official Nevada Highway Map was the first to note I-80 as a contiguous freeway across the state. All of the business loops for I-80 in Nevada use the historical route of US 40. I-80 is also known in Nevada as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway after the former president of the same name and the Purple Heart Trail after such military ...
Little Humboldt River. Coordinates: 41.0336°N 117.6802°W. The Little Humboldt River is a tributary of the Humboldt River, approximately 60 miles (97 km) long, in northern Nevada in the western United States. It is an intermittent stream draining a rugged area on the edge of the Owyhee Desert in the Great Basin.