Antelope Valley (Eureka County)

Antelope Valley
Antelope Valley
	Antelope Valley Antelope Valley Nevada
Length	35 mi (56 km)
Geography
Country	United States
State	Nevada
Region	Great Basin
Counties	Eureka; Nye;
Population center	Eureka
Coordinates	39°30′N 116°18.0′W / 39.500°N 116.3000°W

The Antelope Valley of southern

endorheic flatlands at the valley's north end. Eureka, Nevada lies 20 mi east nestled among mountain ranges. From Eureka U.S. Route 50 travels west through the north end of the valley on a route to Austin

.

Description

Antelope Valley is about 35 miles (56 km) long, north-south trending, and lies at the northeast foothills of the extensive north-south

Toiyabe National Forest.^[2]

Antelope Valley begins as Antelope Wash in northern

Antelope, Fish Creek and Mountain Boy ranges to the southeast. The combined valleys form a broad basin about 30 kilometres (19 mi) in diameter.^[3]^[2]

The isolated Lone Mountain within the southeastern portion of the valley separates Antelope and Kobeh valleys. Lone Mountain is about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) in diameter at its base and reaches an elevation of 7,936 feet (2,419 m) at its peak. This is about 1900 feet above the valley floor.[4]^[5]

Stream drainage from Antelope Wash and from a number of streams from the Roberts Mountains merge to the southwest of Lone Mountain to form Slough Creek which flows to the east to disappear in Hay Meadow just to the southeast of Lone Mountain making the combined valley an

endorheic system. Slough Creek re-emerges about 3 miles (4.8 km) to the east to continue through the narrow Devils Gate pass alongside highway 50. The pass is a narrow 500 feet (150 m) wide gap between Whistler Mountain to the north and the north end of the Mountain Boy Range to the south.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c. 2010, p. 46-47.
^ ^a ^b Summit Mountain, Nevada, 30x60 Minute Series Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978
^ Simpson Peak Mts., Nevada, 30x60 Minute Series Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979
^ ^a ^b Hay Ranch, Nevada 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1986
^ ^a ^b Bartine Ranch, Nevada 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1986
^ Devon Peak, Nevada 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1986

[Delorme-1] Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c. 2010, p. 46-47.

[Summit-2] Summit Mountain, Nevada, 30x60 Minute Series Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978

[Simpson-3] Simpson Peak Mts., Nevada, 30x60 Minute Series Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1979

[Hay-4] Hay Ranch, Nevada 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1986

[Bartine-5] Bartine Ranch, Nevada 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1986

[Devon-6] Devon Peak, Nevada 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1986

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