2018 Map of Bottle Creek Ranch

About this map

The Jackson Mountains dominate this high-desert landscape in Humboldt County, where water sources like Cricket Spring and Howison Spring define the survival and settlement patterns of the Great Basin. The eponymous Bottle Creek Ranch sits at the eastern edge of the range where the terrain transitions into the wide Desert Valley. This area is characterized by a network of drainages such as Bottle Cr and Burro Hills Cr, which carry runoff from high points like Buff Peak and White Peaks. The presence of the Bottle Creek Rd provides the primary corridor through this ranching country, connecting the canyon floors to the larger valley. From the heights of Halburg Mtn to the low-lying Bottle Creek Slough, the map illustrates a landscape of isolated springs and remote ridges typical of northern Nevada's cattle-rearing history.