1968 Map of Lockes

About this map

Lockes serves as the primary human landmark in this high-desert landscape, situated at the edge of the expansive Railroad Valley. The eastern half of the map is dominated by the Railroad Valley Wildlife Management Area, where a series of essential water sources emerge from the basin floor. These include Big Spring, North Spring, Hay Corral Spring, and Reynolds Springs, which likely dictated the settlement and land use patterns in this arid region of Nye County. To the west, the topography rises sharply into the Pancake Range, characterized by significant geological features like Wood Canyon and Big Round Valley. A prominent Jeep Trail cuts across the valley floor, connecting the scattered springs and the small settlement of Lockes to the more dramatic terrain of Lava and The Wall at the southern edge of the survey.