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This is the Black Rock Desert "Playa Wiki", a freely-editable encyclopaedia of anything related to the Black Rock Desert region and of Northwest Nevada in general.
[[File:GerlachGeothermalExplorationProjectTopoMap FromPlanV05 2022-09-15.jpg|thumb|150px|Gerlach Geothermal Exploration Project Topo Map from the [https://eplanning.blm.gov/public_projects/2016744/200502175/20069030/250075212/Gerlach%20Operations%20Plan%20V05_2022-09-15_clean.pdf 2022-09-15 operations plan].  See [[Gerlach Geothermal Development Project]].]]
 
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== Active pages==
* [[Mountain View Exploration Project]]
* [[Gerlach Geothermal Development Project]]
* [[Jackalope Bay]]
* [[Renaming offensive placenames]]
* [[Satellite]] - get recent satellite images
* [[Water Rights]]


== Index ==
== Index ==
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* [[:Category:Artists | Artists]]
* [[Astronomy]]
* [[Astronomy]]
* [[Authors]]
* [[:Category:Authors | Authors]]
* [[Aviation]] / [[Airports]]
* [[:Category:Aviation | Aviation]] / [[Airports]]
* [[Ballooning]]
* [[Ballooning]]
* [[Bibliography]]
* [[Bibliography]]
* [[Climate and Weather]]
* [[Climate and Weather]]
* [[Current Conditions]]
* [[Fauna]]
* [[Fauna]]
* [[Flora]]
* [[Flora]]
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* [[Hydrography]]
* [[Hydrography]]
* [[Insects]]
* [[Insects]]
* [[Employment]]
* [[Land Management]]
* [[Links]]
* [[Links]]
* [[Lodging]]
* [[Lodging]]
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* [[NCA]]
* [[NCA]]
* [[Paleontology]]
* [[Paleontology]]
* [[Personalities]]
* [[Photography]]
* [[Photography]]
* [[Playas]]
* [[Playas]]
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* [[Satellite]]
* [[Satellite]]
* [[Soaring]]
* [[Soaring]]
* [[(Searches)]]
* [[Technology]]
* [[Video]]
* [[Video]]
* [[Wild Horses]]
* [[Wild Horses]]
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** [[Joe's Gerlach Club]]
** [[Joe's Gerlach Club]]
** [[Planet X Pottery]]
** [[Planet X Pottery]]
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* Events
* Events
** [http://blackrockdesert.org/friends/event /friends/calendar]
** [http://blackrockdesert.org/friends/event /friends/calendar]
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** [[Other Events]]
** [[Other Events]]
** [[Past Events]]
** [[Past Events]]
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* Organizations
* Organizations
** [[Aeropac]]
** [[Aeropac]]
** [[Black Rock City Department of Public Works]]
** [[Black Rock City Department of Public Works]]
** [[BLM Volunteer]]
** [[Bureau of Land Management]]
** [[Desert Research Insitute]]
** [[Desert Research Insitute]]
** [[Desert Survivors]]
** [[Desert Survivors]]
** [[Earth Guardians]]
** [[Earth Guardians]]
** [[Friends of Black Rock High Rock]]
** [[Friends of Black Rock-High Rock]]
** [[Friends of Nevada Wilderness]]
** [[Friends of Nevada Wilderness]]
** [[Gerlach/Empire Citizen Advisory Board]]
** [[Gerlach/Empire Citizen Advisory Board]]
** [[Gerlach General Improvement District | Gerlach General Improvement District (GGID)]]
** [[Gerlach Senior Citizens Center]]
** [[Gerlach Volunteer Fire Department]]
** [[Gerlach Volunteer Fire Department]]
** [[Great Basin Institute]]
** [[Great Basin Institute]]
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** [[Trails West]]
** [[Trails West]]
** [[Washoe County Library]]
** [[Washoe County Library]]
** [[Washoe County Sheriff’s Office]]


* Historical Figures
* Historical Figures
** [[Edward Griffin Beckwith]]
** [[Jigger Bob]]
** [[Jigger Bob]]
** [[Joseph Goldsborough Bruff]]
** [[Joseph Goldsborough Bruff]]
** [[Charles Carter]]
** [[Mike Daggett]]
** [[Mike Daggett]]
** [[Clyde Fisk]]
** [[John C. Fremont]]
** [[John C. Fremont]]
** [[Louis Gerlach]]
** [[Louis Gerlach]]
** [[Alford Jeakins]]
** [[Frederick W. Lander]]
** [[Frederick W. Lander]]
** [[Peter Lassen]]
** [[Peter Lassen]]
** [[Roy Nishiguchi]]
** [[Nell Murbarger]]
** [[Nell Murbarger]]
** [[Ralph Parman]]
** [[Ralph Parman]]
** [[Josie Pearl]]
** [[Josie Pearl]]
** [[James Raser]]
** [[James Raser]]
** [[Ogle Swingle]]
** [[Russell (Shorty) Taylor]]
** [[Helen Thrasher]]
** [[Helen Thrasher]]
** [[John James Thrasher]]
** [[John James Thrasher]]
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** [[Duck Flat]]
** [[Duck Flat]]
** [[Garrett Ranch]]
** [[Garrett Ranch]]
** [[Gerlach Cemetery]]
** [[Granite Ranch]]
** [[Guru Road]]
** [[Guru Road]]
** [[Hardin City]]
** [[Hardin City]]
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** [[Petrified Forest]]
** [[Petrified Forest]]
** [[Pyramid Lake]]
** [[Pyramid Lake]]
** [[Sheldon-Hart NWR]]
** [[Sheldon - Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge]]
** [[Smoke Creek]]
** [[Smoke Creek Desert]]
** [[Soldier Meadows]]
** [[Soldier Meadows]]
** [[Summit Lake]]
** [[Summit Lake]]
** [[Squaw Valley]]
** [[Squaw Reservoir]]
** [[Squaw Reservoir]]
** [[Sulphur]]
** [[Sulphur]]
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** [[Black Rock Range]]
** [[Black Rock Range]]
** [[Buffalo Hills]]
** [[Buffalo Hills]]
** [[Calico Range]]
** [[Calico Hills]]
** [[Division Range]]
** [[Division Range]]
** [[Fox Range]]
** [[Fox Range]]
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** [[Little High Rock Mountains]]
** [[Little High Rock Mountains]]
** [[Massacre Range]]
** [[Massacre Range]]
** [[Selenite Range]]
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* [[Springs]]
* [[Springs]]
** [[Black Rock Springs]]
** [[Coyote Spring]]
** [[Double Hot Springs]]
** [[Fly Ranch]]
** [[Frog (Garrett Ranch) Springs]]
** [[Gerlach "Great Boiling" Springs]]
** [[Gerlach "Great Boiling" Springs]]
** [[Frog (Garrett Ranch) Springs]]
** [[Trego]]
** [[Rabbit Hole Spring]]
** [[Rabbit Hole Spring]]
** [[Black Rock Hot Spring]]
** [[Double Hot Spring]]
** [[Soldier Meadow Springs]]
** [[Soldier Meadow Springs]]
** [[Fly Ranch]]
** [[Trego]]
** [["Coyote Springs"]]
 
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* Emigrant Trails
* Emigrant Trails
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[[File:BlackRockDesert2017-09-01ShowingTohakum2Fire.png|thumb|150px|left|The Tohakum2 fire is shown in this satellite image from https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ dated September 1, 2017. In this image, the burn scar can be seen running north east from Pyramid Lake, crossing highway 447 and the Selenite Range. See [[Satellite]] for how to get recent images]]

Latest revision as of 04:56, 13 January 2023

Gerlach Geothermal Exploration Project Topo Map from the 2022-09-15 operations plan. See Gerlach Geothermal Development Project.

This is the Black Rock Desert "Playa Wiki", a freely-editable encyclopaedia of anything related to the Black Rock Desert region and of Northwest Nevada in general.

It uses the same software that wikipedia.org uses, and the same intention - please contribute information and help to organize it.

To get a wiki account, please email Christopher Brooks.

For more information, visit http://blackrockdesert.org/ - The Friends of Black Rock High Rock, and please consider becoming a member.

Active pages

Index



Wiki help

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The Tohakum2 fire is shown in this satellite image from https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ dated September 1, 2017. In this image, the burn scar can be seen running north east from Pyramid Lake, crossing highway 447 and the Selenite Range. See Satellite for how to get recent images
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