Pahranagat Valley

[1] The more fertile part of Pahranagat Valley is a narrow ribbon of green (no more than 1-mile (1.6 km) wide), like an oasis in the vast Nevada desert.

The closest town to Pahranagat Valley is over 50 miles (80 km) to the east at Caliente, Nevada.

[2] The Crystal Springs area, used as a watering spot and campsite, was a principal stop-over on the Mormon Trail Alternate Route.

In the late 1850s, the area was a haven for outlaws who pastured hundreds of heads of stolen cattle and horses on its meadows.

The Pahranagat Valley is home to several endangered species, like Fluminicola merriami, Bufo nelsoni, and endemic subspecies of Gila robusta, Rhinichthys osculus, Crenichthys baileyi, and Microtus montanus.