Buffalo Valley is a
valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...
in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
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 ...
.
Buffalo Valley was so named on account of
buffalo grass
Buffalo grass may refer to
* Buffalo grass, sweet vernal grass or vanilla grass (''Anthoxanthum odoratum'')
* Buffalo grass (''Bouteloua dactyloides'')
* Buffalo grass (''Brachiaria mutica'')
* Buffalo grass or sweet grass (''Hierochloe odorata'')
...
in the area. There is a giant concrete arrow, a remainder of over 1500 built in the USA during the 1920s to enable US postal service aircraft navigate more easily prior to the addition of in-craft radio.
References
Valleys of Elko County, Nevada
Valleys of Humboldt County, Nevada
Valleys of Lander County, Nevada
Valleys of Pershing County, Nevada
{{PershingCountyNV-geo-stub