Emigrant Valley is a
valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between Hill, hills or Mountain, mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers ...
in the
U.S. state of
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
.
Emigrant Valley was named for a party of emigrants who traveled through it.
The valley is home to the Groom Lake Facility of the Nevada Test Range, popularly known as
Area 51.
References
Valleys of Lincoln County, Nevada
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