Nye County’s high desert landscape is dominated by the north-south transit of Nevada State Route 375, famously known as the Extraterrestrial Highway. This corridor cuts through a largely unpopulated basin where water management is critical to the local environment, evidenced by the presence of Eastside Reservoir. The terrain reveals the stark isolation of this region in the early 21st century, showing how infrastructure like the state highway provides the primary link across these expansive desert flats. While the area is sparsely settled, the map captures the essential hydrographic and transportation markers that define land use in this part of the Great Basin.
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1908 · Kawich
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1942 · Reveille Peak
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1942 · Penoyer Valley
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1952 · Reveille Peak
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1954 · Caliente
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1954 · Goldfield
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1955 · Goldfield
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Lund
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1956 · Tonopah
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1958 · Goldfield
USGS Topo · 1:250,000