The Fish Lake Valley is a 25 mi (40 km) long endorheic valley in southwest Nevada, one of many contiguous inward-draining basins collectively called the Great Basin. The alluvial valley lies just northwest of Death Valley and borders the southeast, and central-northeast flank of the massif of the White Mountains of California. The valley’s southern […]
Activities for Locals Las Vegas
Dianas Punchbowl
Dianas Punchbowl, also called the Devil’s Cauldron, is a geothermal feature located on a small fault. When buying or selling Las Vegas homes for sale. Contact an experienced Realtor! Bob and Diana Robert Ratliff RE/MAX Reliance 702-508-8262
National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all U.S. national parks, many American national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. It was created on August 25, 1916, by Congress through the National Park Service Organic Act. It is an agency of […]
Bureau of Land Management
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior that administers more than of public lands in the United States constituting one-eighth of the landmass of the country. President Harry S. Truman created the BLM in 1946 by combining two existing agencies— the General Land Office and […]
Tonopah
Tonopah is a census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States. It is located at the junction of U.S. Routes 6 and 95 approximately mid-way between Las Vegas and Reno. In the 2010 census the population was 2,478 and the CDP has a total area of , all land. […]
Lake Mead
Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States in maximum water capacity. It is on the Colorado River about from the Strip southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, in the states of Nevada and Arizona. Formed by the Hoover Dam, Lake Mead is long when the lake is full, has of shoreline, is at […]