The town is located in a broad valley, with the Santa Rosa Range of mountains just to the northwest.

[7] The American Folklife Center of the U.S. Library of Congress conducted extensive ethnographic field research in Paradise Valley from 1978 to 1982.

The Paradise Valley Folklife Project generated a multi-format resource collection documenting the history and culture of the area's ranching community.

[8] A team of fieldworkers from AFC documented the distinct ethnic groups in the area (Apache, Anglo, Basque, Chinese, German, Italian and Northern Paiute); the history of the region, including archaeological remains of a Chinese community, foodways, and oral traditions.

[9] The resulting material was subsequently packaged by the Library of Congress into a collection titled "Buckaroos in Paradise: Ranching Culture in Northern Nevada, 1945-1982".