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Ormat Gerlach Geothermal Exploration Map from December 2021. 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

• Gerlach Geothermal Development Project
• Satellite - get recent satellite images
• Water Rights

Index

Artists Astronomy Authors Aviation / Airports Ballooning Bibliography Climate and Weather Fauna Flora Geography ( Maps ) Geology Ham Radio History Horses Hydrography Insects Links Lodging Maps Mining NCA Paleontology Photography Playas Railroad Rock Hunting Satellite Soaring Video Wild Horses Businesses Bev's Miners Club Bruno's Empire Store Gerlach Medical Center Granite Propane Joe's Gerlach Club Planet X Pottery Events /friends/calendar Aerospace Black Rock Rendezvous Burning Man Land Sailing Land Speed Record Motion Pictures Other Events Past Events

Organizations Aeropac Black Rock City Department of Public Works Bureau of Land Management Desert Research Insitute Desert Survivors Earth Guardians Friends of Black Rock-High Rock Friends of Nevada Wilderness Gerlach/Empire Citizen Advisory Board Gerlach Senior Citizens Center Gerlach Volunteer Fire Department Great Basin Institute High Rock Trekers Leave No Trace Nevada Division of Wildlife Nevada Econet Nevada Outdoor School Oregon-California Trails Association Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe Reno Gem and Mineral Society Sierra Club Stratofox Summit Lake Paiute Tribe Trails West Washoe County Library Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Historical Figures Edward Griffin Beckwith Jigger Bob Joseph Goldsborough Bruff Charles Carter Mike Daggett Clyde Fisk John C. Fremont Louis Gerlach Alford Jeakins Frederick W. Lander Peter Lassen Roy Nishiguchi Nell Murbarger Ralph Parman Josie Pearl James Raser Ogle Swingle Russell (Shorty) Taylor Helen Thrasher John James Thrasher

Populated Places Cedarville Empire Gerlach Humboldt County Lovelock Nixon Pershing County Surprise Valley Washoe County Winnemucca Locations Black Rock Desert Black Rock Point Bonham Ranch Buffalo Meadows Deep Hole Duck Flat Garrett Ranch Gerlach Cemetery Granite Ranch Guru Road Hardin City High Rock Canyon Highway 34 Hualapai Jungo Lava Beds Leonard Creek Ranch Leadville Leadville Canyon Little High Rock Canyon Long Valley Massacre Ranch Petrified Forest Pyramid Lake Sheldon - Hart Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Smoke Creek Desert Soldier Meadows Summit Lake Squaw Reservoir Sulphur Trego Varyville Virgin Valley Vya Wheeler Ranch

Mountain Ranges (Peaks) Black Rock Range Buffalo Hills Calico Hills Division Range Fox Range Granite Range Great Basin Hog Ranch Mountains Jackson Range King Lear Peak 8923ft Little High Rock Mountains Massacre Range Selenite Range Springs Black Rock Springs Coyote Spring Double Hot Springs Fly Ranch Frog (Garrett Ranch) Springs Gerlach "Great Boiling" Springs Rabbit Hole Spring Soldier Meadow Springs Trego Emigrant Trails Applegate-Lassen Trail Nobles Trail

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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