Amargosa Valley Nevada Map

About Amargosa Valley, Nevada

Amargosa Valley is a locality in Nye County, Nevada, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,064. The population density is 4.2 people per km². Amargosa Valley is located at 36.5434°N, 116.4839°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 89020.

Amargosa Valley stretches across a vast, sun-bleached basin where the horizon pulls the sky taut against the parched earth. It lies 38.0 miles northwest of Pahrump, NV (from Pahrump, NV: bearing 323°T), and is situated 77.3 miles west-northwest of Las Vegas. The landscape is defined by a rigorous, monochromatic palette of dust and sage, punctuated only by the imposing silhouette of Sand Hill Peak, which rises three miles away to anchor the northern view. A quiet, pervasive heat radiates from the gravel flats, while the nearby Topopah Wash traces a shallow, intermittent scar across the floor of the basin. During the rare hours of twilight, the light settles over the ground in heavy, bruised purples, casting long shadows that seem to hold the stillness of the desert in a permanent, suspended breath.

Amargosa Valley preserves the lean, utilitarian character of a frontier outpost that has long outlived its initial promise of prosperity. The local economy persists in the quiet labor of agriculture and small-scale enterprise, echoing a history built upon the stubborn expectation of finding value in the arid soil. Residents look toward the nearby Big Dune Area of Critical Environmental Concern as a reminder of the shifting, untamed nature of their surroundings, while the distant, quiet expanse of Rock Valley offers a sense of spatial weight to the region. Even the memory of Horseshoe Reservoir, sixteen miles away, feels like a faint, cooling suggestion in an environment defined by the absence of standing water. Life here moves with the deliberate, measured pace of those who understand that the desert yields nothing without a patient and persistent hand.

About This Amargosa Valley Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Amargosa Valley, Nevada. Coordinates: 36.543357, -116.483903. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Amargosa Valley includes the ZIP code (89020), telephone area code (702, 725), county seat of Nye County (Tonopah), and school district assignment (Nye County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.