Black Rock Desert Nevada Canyon

The Black Rock Desert is a semi-arid region of lava beds and playa, or alkali flats, situated in the Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, a silt playa 100 miles north of Reno, Nevada, that encompasses more than 300,000 acres of land and contains more than 120 miles of historic trails. It is in the northern Nevada sect…
The Black Rock Desert is a semi-arid region of lava beds and playa, or alkali flats, situated in the Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area, a silt playa 100 miles north of Reno, Nevada, that encompasses more than 300,000 acres of land and contains more than 120 miles of historic trails. It is in the northern Nevada section of the Great Basin with a lakebed that is a dry remnant of Pleistocene Lake Lahontan.
  • Length: 100 mi (160 km)
  • Area: 1,000 sq mi (2,600 km²)
  • Country: United States
  • State: Nevada
  • County: Humboldt · Pershing · Washoe
  • Population center: Gerlach, Nevada
  • River: Quinn River
Data from: en.wikipedia.org