2018 Map of Pilot Peak NW

About this map

The eastern margins of the Toano Range give way to the broad expanses of Tecoma Valley and Pilot Creek Valley in this corner of Elko County. The landscape is defined by its arid drainage patterns, with Loray Wash and Pilot Cr cutting through the basin floor. Human activity is sparse and primarily infrastructure-based, centered around a grid of utilitarian thoroughfares such as Church Rd, Old Motel Rd, and Pilot Rd. These routes, along with curiously named tracks like Rocky Dirt RD and Burro Rd, suggest a history of ranching access or early twentieth-century roadside developments. In the northern reaches, a residential street grid including Cottonwood ST and Cactus DR indicates a small pocket of settlement positioned between the basin and the mountain foothills.