The Antelope Valley of west
Lander County
Lander County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,734. Its county seat is Battle Mountain.
History
Lander County was created in 1862 as the result of a mining boom on the Reese River along the ...
is a small, 25 mile (40 km) long, mostly arid valley in central
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
, USA. A fourth valley of the same name
Antelope Valley
The Antelope Valley is a valley primarily located in northern Los Angeles County, California, United States and the southeast portion of Kern County, California, Kern County, and constitutes the western tip of the Mojave Desert. It is situated ...
lies in southern
Eureka County, east of the
Monitor Range
The Monitor Range is located in south-central Nevada in the United States. The range lies west and northwest of the Hot Creek Range and north of U.S. Route 6 in Nye County. It extends into the southwest corner of Eureka County at its northern ...
. The Lander County valley lies south of the
Humboldt River
The Humboldt River is the longest river in the northern and central part of Nevada. It extends in a general east-to-west direction from its headwaters in northern Nevada's Jarbidge Mountains, Jarbidge, Independence Mountains, Independence, and ...
and with Antelope Creek, is a western tributary valley to the north-flowing
Reese River
The Reese River is a tributary of the Humboldt River, located in central Nevada in the western United States.
The Reese rises in the southern section of the Toiyabe Range, on the flanks of Arc Dome. In its upper reaches, the Reese River is ...
.
A much larger valley,
of the same name in
Elko
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and
White Pine Counties, is a north-south valley surrounded by five mountain ranges, and lies on the east perimeter of the
Antelope Range. A third valley that
shares the name, lies in
Douglas County and extends into
California
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.
Description
Antelope Valley was so named on account of
antelope
The term antelope refers to numerous extant or recently extinct species of the ruminant artiodactyl family Bovidae that are indigenous to most of Africa, India, the Middle East, Central Asia, and a small area of Eastern Europe. Antelopes do ...
which once roamed the area.
Antelope Valley is short, about 25 mi long,
[Nevada Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c. 2010, p. 36-37.] north-to-south, but curves slightly northeast. Antelope Creek flows through the valley north, its origins in the south where two
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...
s merge, the
New Pass Range southwest, and Ravenswood Mountain (Range), southeast.
Antelope Creek disappears in flatlands in the northern third of the valley, where the valley widens somewhat, as the narrow and short, western perimeter
Augusta Mountains
The Augusta Mountains are a small mountain range in Pershing, Churchill and Lander counties of Nevada.''Nevada Atlas and Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 8th ed., 2012, p. 37.
To the northeast the range merges with the Fish Creek Range. To the north acro ...
turn slightly northwestwards. A separate creek originates from the flatland in the valley's north, Cain Creek and traverses about 12 mi northeast to the Reese River. A separate south-flowing creek flows into the Cain Creek headwaters (flatlands), the Cottonwood Creek from the southern, and central
Fish Creek Mountains.
The center-east of the valley is adjacent Antelope Butte, on a small separated ridge in the foothills from the northwest of Ravenswood Mountain.
Access
The shortest access to Antelope Valley is made from the south,
Nevada Route 305, from
Austin, Nevada
Austin is an unincorporated small town in, and former county seat of, Lander County, Nevada, United States. In 2020, the census-designated place of Austin had a population of 167. It is located on the western slopes of the Toiyabe Range at an ...
. The route parallels the
Reese River
The Reese River is a tributary of the Humboldt River, located in central Nevada in the western United States.
The Reese rises in the southern section of the Toiyabe Range, on the flanks of Arc Dome. In its upper reaches, the Reese River is ...
and the valley's north end lies about 40 mi north of Austin, then 10 mi west on unimproved roads. The south of the valley can be reached only 10 mi north of Austin, but then west of the southern perimeter of the
Ravenswood Mountain region foothills, and the origin of the north-flowing Antelope Creek, also on unimproved roads.
References
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External links
Antelope Butte
Antelope Butte, at Nevada Peaks (starting with A), 5909 ft, (coordinates)
Valleys of Nevada
Landforms of Lander County, Nevada