Lava Beds
The Lava Beds are located in the Sheepshead mountains. The Lava Beds are granite, not lava. Elephant Head Rock is an arch that is 40 feet across and 20 feet high.
External Resources
- The Lava Beds (GNIS). See Forms and Correspondence for background information about the name.
- Elephant Head Rock (GNIS)
- H.F. Bonham, Jr., L.J. Garside, R.B. Jones, K.G. Papke, J.Quade, and J.V. Tingle, OF1985-03: A mineral inventory of the Paradise-Denio -- and Sonoma-Gerlach Resource Areas, Winnemucca District, Nevada," Staggs District, p 166, 1985.
- National Geographic Society, "America's Hidden Corners: Places Off the Beaten Path," p. 17-19, 1983. Alvin McLane takes a photographer to Elephant Head Rock.
- http://www.lrrforums.com/showthread.php?13361-Oct-3-2009-Elephant-Rock-Lava-Beds
- http://hikingnevada.blogspot.com/2008/04/elephant-head-rock-lava-beds.html
- http://hikingnevada.blogspot.com/2008/04/lava-beds-citizens-proposed-wilderness_11.html
- Mark Vanderhoff, "Lava Beds Rest Quietly," Reno Gazette-Journal, April 7, 2004. (Dead link as of 2014-01-01)
- BLM, "State Herd Area: Lava Beds (NV)."
- | Springer Tungsten Property (1937)