The Tule Desert is located in southeastern

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in Lincoln County, near the

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state line. The desert lies northeast of the Mormon Mountains, south of the Clover Mountains and west of the Tule Springs Hills.''Clover Mts, Nev.–Utah,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1978 The desert descends from an elevation of around on the foothills of the Clover Mountains west of Lime Mountain to around about to the south-southeast at the narrow Toquop Gap between the East Mormon Mountains and the Tule Springs Hills. A number of washes drain the desert in a generally north–south direction. The Tule Desert Well lies west of Jumbled Mountain at the south end of the Tule Springs Hills. Access is via a county road east from Lyman Crossing along the

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railroad line between

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and Elgin in

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. The road continues on to the south between the Mormon and East Mormon mountains to connect with Interstate 15 in Nevada at exit 100 west of Mesquite in Clark County.''Overton, Nevada–Arizona,'' 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1987

References

*''Nevada Atlas and Gazetteer'', 2001, pg. 67 Deserts of Nevada Geography of Lincoln County, Nevada {{LincolnCountyNV-geo-stub